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Wild
Bears in the News January 2011
Old-growth
forests are what giant pandas need
Old-growth forests are what giant pandas need
excerpt "...The
results of a study recently published in the journal Biology Letters indicate
that giant pandas need old-growth forests as much as bamboo forests. This
work, which was completed through the collaborative efforts of scientists
from the Chinese Academy of Science, San Diego Zoo Global, China West
Normal University, China Wildlife Conservation Association and the Sichuan
Forestry Department, could assist conservationists in creating strategic
plans that help conserve this critically endangered bear species. ..."
Read the
continuation of this Zoological Society of San Deigo article at EurekAlert!
Wild
Bears in the News
Louise Little Bear Cub Reporter
Bear-dictionary.com
Woodland
Park Zoo announces death of female sloth bear, age 20 Wild
Bears in the News January 2011
Sloth
bear Medina was described by keepers as "feisty." Photo: photo by Agnes Overbaugh/courtesy Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland
Park Zoo announces death of female sloth bear
excerpt "...Medina,
a 20-year-old female sloth bear who arrived at Woodland Park Zoo in 2008,
died on Wednesday, December 29, 2010, during a health examination conducted
to discover the cause of the animal's sudden, precipitous decline in appetite
and activity in recent days.
The bear's
lethargy was cause for concern, so she was anesthetized for the exam per
standard procedure. Her heart stopped soon after, however, and efforts
to revive her failed.
A subsequent
postmortem exam revealed that Medina was afflicted with advanced liver
cancer that had spread to the area around the liver. This type of cancer
commonly claims older sloth bears, a species that can live 20 to 25 years
in the wild but may live up to 40 years in captivity. (Grizzly bears likewise
live about 25 years in the wild, sometimes surviving into their early
thirties, but may live up to 40 years in a zoo or other facility.)
The female
sloth bear was paired up with 14-year-old male bear Randy at Woodland
Park Zoo by way of a Species Survival Plan (SSP) for sloth bears. An SSP
is described by the zoo as a "cooperative breeding program"
organized by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in which animals at
different North American zoos are partnered and relocated as necessary
to maintain the genetic diversity of their species in captivity and to
keep their numbers stable.
Wild populations
of sloth bears still exist in forests in parts of South Asia, but they
are an endangered species. Fewer than 10,000 of the shaggy, termite-eating
bruins remain in the wild. Their decline is attributed to habitat loss
due to the cutting of forests, separation of bear populations due to habitat
fragmentation, and the killing of bears for body parts such as paws and
gall bladders, erroneously believed to contain curative powers...."
Lousie
Little Bear Cub Reporter
for bear-dictionary.com
Colorado
looks poised to ban hunting bears in dens Wild
Bears in the News January 2011
Colorado
looks poised to ban hunting bears in dens
excerpt
"...DENVER — Hibernating bears would be off-limits to Colorado
hunters under a new rule that state wildlife officials are considering after
a debate over whether a 703-pound black bear was sleeping when it was killed
in a cave late last year.
The enormous black bear shot in northwestern Colorado set what may be a
state record. But it sparked public outrage after the hunter told a newspaper
that he tracked the male bear to a cave and shot it after five hours waiting
for the animal to emerge.
Commissioners
said they've never heard of anyone "den hunting" in Colorado
because it's considered unsportsmanlike. But commissioner Dorothea Farris
argued that if Colorado doesn't follow other states and specifically ban
den hunting, the public could sour on bear hunting altogether...."
Louise
Little Bear Cub reporter
Bears in the News
for Bear-dictionary.com
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