Another beautiful day
November 10, 2010 – 7:26 PM CST
We didn’t want to bother the wild bears by checking to see what they might be up to, but at the North American Bear Center, little Lucky made one of his occasional appearances. The last couple weeks he has been resting through most days. He has lost 9 pounds (328-9) since October 31.
Lynn emailed the author of the Washington paper on wounding loss for more details.
Author Gary Koehler nicely wrote back, “Lynn: I’ve been out of the bear business since 1997 or so. I’ll have to dig through my records to check out the effects of the initiative on wounding loss, etc. I’m off to the woods to chase cats in the morning (new job is with lynx and cougars) and I’ll dig through my stuff when I return. Good to hear from you."
We’re looking forward to his information.
Somehow, the wounding loss question brings back memories of the old days of traps, tranquilizers, transmitters, etc. And then a Lily fan discovered an old article about that research that appeared in Sports Illustrated back in 1973. She forwarded the link http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087178/1/index.htm#ixzz14rqsHI6p.
On the Ely School voting contest to win $20,000, you have Ely leading 3,143 to 1785 over 2nd place. Second place is gaining on us, but with 2 days left, could they possible catch us? They’d have to register 600 votes per day. Is that possible? It’s something to watch. They are making an effort and posting on their page that they are going to win. But dedicated Lily fans have built a lead that will be hard to beat. To vote, go to http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/2704/054/?refer=9880.01.1284979606.252382.
And then, as if you are not doing enough, two things happened today. The beautiful opal bear pendent on a gold chain you gave to Donna for her birthday arrived. Donna said with reverence in her voice, “This is the most beautiful bear jewelry I’ve ever seen!” A big thank you from Donna.
Then, big boxes of sandwiches from Subway and fresh big cookies from the local bakery arrived for lunch for the Bear Center staff. Thank you again!
Thank you for all you are doing day after day.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center