Lily - Jan 4, 2013 Help from afar is coming in 2 ways. Den-Watchers around the world are recording data on Lily and Jewel’s activities, putting the data in a form valuable to science, and Brit Haagna of Germany is translating the updates into German to spread the word a little farther at http://tinyurl.com/WRI-UPDATE-GERMAN. Thank you all!
Lily stretches - Jan 4, 2013A blessing is that the bears are not investigating the cameras and licking the lenses—at least not yet. Could it be that the Den Cams are so much a part of hibernation that they don’t merit attention from these experienced bears? It’s just another thing that makes us feel fortunate to be able to be in on this hidden half of their lives that has received so little study previously.
Lily bites foot - Jan 4, 2013Another blessing is your continued response to the offer of a free, signed (by us) Research Bear “Shadow’s Clan” Calendar and a Ted, Lucky, and Honey Calendar with a membership or a donation of $25 or more at http://www.bear.org/website/gift-shop.html. We signed a bunch more today so they can be sent out immediately.
Thank you for all you do.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center