Holly and Lucky playIn this 5-minute good, clear, high resolution video captured by a Lily Fan, Holly repeatedly instigates play and runs into the den. Finally, Lucky followed her in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_0_1G4AFA. Here’s a 2-minute action version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2c03ZFIX4g.
Feeding starts soon and we appreciate your help in that. Holly, Lucky, Ted, and Honey will start getting food in the next few days as soon as we can get spring weights on them. Wild bears like Lily, Jewel, Fern, Faith, Sophie, and others will show up later.
If you’d like to help with that, a bear foods donation page is now up and running on bear.org at: http://www.bear.org/website/how-to-help/bear-food/donate-now.html. Last fall, when I worried about Lily, I believe that the top quality food that Lily Fans bought with donations diverted her from hunters’ baits. The new food donations page is because we found we can get more food for less money locally than over the internet, and we can more easily select the top quality foods the bears need.
Working behind the scenes on the DNR’s feeding legislation.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center