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Nevada bear hunt ends with 11 killed

Posted on January 7, 2013 by admin in Uncategorized

The second season of Nevada’s controversial black bear hunt ended Monday with 11 bears killed by hunters. The 11th bear was killed Friday on the east side of the Pine Nut Mountains, said Carl Lackey, a bear biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Unless another hunter killed a bear Monday and had yet to […]

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A Beautiful Ending To A Truly Disgraceful Event

Posted on January 1, 2013 by admin in Uncategorized

Sunsets on the 2012 NV bear hunt marking a beautiful ending to a disgraceful event. Photo Credit to Sean Sarsfield

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Should Dogs Be Used In Bear Hunts? Listen here!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin in Bear News

There’s a petition about to go before the Nevada Wildlife Commission that asks to ban the use of hunting dogs when hunting bears. A similar effort succeeded in California this year. Is the use of dogs in a bear hunt inhumane? GUEST: Kathryn Bricker, executive director of NoBearHuntNV.org http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail2.cfm?SegmentID=9511&ProgramID=2653

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Bunny Ranch Bear Hunting Protest

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin in Bear News

The Bunny Ranch has joined in support of NoBearHuntNV.org to prevent the senseless hunting and killing of bears for the first time in Nevada’s history. Yes, these “bunnies” were at the capitol last year when we presented the 19,000+ signatures to the Gov! Here is the video produced by Dennis Hof! Thank you Dennis and […]

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Do Blondes Have More Fun?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by admin in Bear Hunting Facts

We have received the mortality reports on the 5 bears killed thus far in the 2012 bear hunt. Opening day saw the only and first female reported killed to date. She was a 12 year old sow, blonde except for a dark un…derside, with her hair missing on one foot. Perhaps she had survived a […]

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Bear Facts

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin in Bear Facts

Although they all live in North America, American black bears are not closely related to brown bears and polar bears; genetic studies reveal that they split from a common ancestor. Both American and Asiatic black bears are considered sister taxa, and are more closely related to each other than to other species of bear. A […]

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Bear Dietary Habits

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin in Bear Dietary Habits

Up to 85% of the black bear’s diet consists of vegetation, though they tend to dig less than brown bears, eating far fewer roots, bulbs, corms and tubers than the latter species. Young shoots from trees and shrubs during the spring period are important to black bears emerging from hibernation, as they assist in rebuilding […]

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Bear Hibernation

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin in Bear Hibernation

Black bears were once not considered true or “deep” hibernators, but because of discoveries about the metabolic changes that allow black bears to remain dormant for months without eating, drinking, urinating, or defecating, most biologists have redefined mammalian hibernation as “specialized, seasonal reduction in metabolism concurrent with scarce food and cold weather”. Black bears are […]

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Bears Reproduction and Development

Posted on June 2, 2012 by admin in Bears Reproduction and Development

Reproduction and development Sows usually produce their first litter at the age of 3–5 years.[30] Sows living in urban areas tend to get pregnant at younger ages. The breeding period usually occurs in the June–July period, though it can extend to August in the species’ northern range. The breeding period lasts for 2–3 weeks. Sows […]

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Most of the bear photos on our site have been donated by Mark Smith, founder of the Mark E. Smith Foundation and co-founder of the Facebook Page, Lake Tahoe Wall of Shame. To learn of Tahoe- wide efforts to improve human behavior and discourage human/bear conflict. Please visit Mark’s page at http://www.facebook.com/tbwalloshame

Star of Animal Planet mini series “Blonde vs Bear” and Executive Director of the Bear League, Ann Bryant defines bear advocacy. Some of the bear photos on this site have been donated by The Bear League http://www.savebears.org/ ~ check out Ann’s very informative website!

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