Category: bear

Video: Patient Motorists Wait as Mama Bear Struggles to Cross Road With 4 Unruly Cubs

Motorists in Winchester, Connecticut, waited patiently as an exasperated female black bear tried to ferry her four cubs across the road. With traffic halted, many motorists took out their phones to record the hilarious, relatable ordeal. The bear was attempting to cross Rowley Street, a busy road with a 40 mph speed limit. A police cruiser…


10 Seconds of Terror: Alaska Man Survives Brown Bear Mauling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Allen Minish was alone and surveying land for a real estate agent in a wooded, remote part of Alaska, putting some numbers into his GPS unit when he looked up and saw a large brown bear walking about 30 feet away. “I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it’s…


2 Caged Bears Locked in Dark Basement for 17 Years Rescued From Bile Farm in Vietnam

Two Asiatic black bears have been liberated from a lifetime of suffering after being locked in a dark basement beneath a clothing shop in Vietnam. For years, they had suffered agonizing bile extractions for the illegal bear bile trade. A male bear named Xuan endured these appalling conditions for 17 years, reportedly after being captured as…


‘I Would Die for My Dog’: Man Fights Off 350-Pound Bear Empty-Handed to Save His Best Friend

A Nevada County dog owner made headlines after he tackled a bear to save his beloved pit bull, Buddy. “Honestly,” the man told CBS, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save my baby.’” Kaleb Benham’s 2020 Thanksgiving was turned upside down when he heard growling outside his home the night before the holiday….


Bear That Was Kept Illegally in a Small Rusty Cage for 3 Years at a Zoo Gets a New Home

A 4-year-old brown bear was rescued from a life of misery behind bars at a zoo in North Macedonia that kept him illegally. He is now living the life he deserves at a sanctuary in Bulgaria. Teddy the bear’s former owners had raised him as a pet in their yard after he was found as…