Second Chance Wildife, Inc. "Never Stop Learning"

Ice & Frosty foraging on grass,raspberries & black berries

2011:I had given a slide show presentation at: Mount Blue State Park,and for the Girl Scouts in New Sharon.I have 1 presentation booked for 2012 thus far.For anyone who is interested in bears,and would like to learn more about bear rehabilitation,bear behavior ,and the importance of bear conservation,and would like to schedule a presentation. I hope you will call !:o)

 

     

 

Individuals,you have the choice to take precautions to prevent a potential dangerous situation or not-You decide!

                         

•                Campers,and also folks who's homes are in, or near bear territory; please do not feed the bears! Bird-feeders will attract bears too! It will only hurt them in the long run.

•               No one should leave garbage,bird-seed, or even mulch/compost with food by products outside.A bear will travel long and hard for the smells of food,and could certainly end up in your yard, or a campground.If a bear approaches you,make noise and whatever you have to do to spook them away;in most cases the bear will disappear. Bears are opportunist, and they may come back if they did not get negative feedback the first time around.Odds are they will return unless you take precautions to prevent a potential encounter in the first palce.Sometimes some bears just have a tough animality no matter what you do though"even when you try to do everything right" They are an extremely intelligent mammal.

•      Everyone out there just do the best you can! and try  to prevent close encounters with this incredible species. They are typically solitude,except when food sources are abundant. Bears have been know to be very tolerant toward each other when the natural feed sources such as berry,and nut crops are in abundance and doing well;but otherwise bears are known to be solitude,and a bit territorial .As habitat disappears more bears will be seen,and we need to learn to live with them, and at the same time prevent them from becoming a nuisance.Keeping healthy stable bear populations-means keeping bears in tact,and that involves: Wildlife management,and conservation efforts; which consist of hunting.The bear harvest each year is monitored by biologist thus making it visible=carrying capacity within bear territory/habitat =what is in the best interest for the bears,and the people of Maine.Over population of bears is not good,and low populations are not good either;having an understanding gives us all a perspective for what is truly in the best interest for the bears ,and the people of Maine.    
  

As Individuals we will all continuously  learn.Time gives so many answers to so so many questions.The bears are out their to be admired,and some may refer to them as mystical and even ghosts that stroll through the forest floor;Their shadows are seldom to be seen,and as we encroach on their territory there will be more encounters.Bears need their space.Bears that are rehabilitated do not add to the overall population;and knowledge,and insight into bear cub behavior is gained through  the rehabilitation process.Bears leave so much to the imagination,and this will be a journey for the  bears and I.None of us ever stop learning from one another. "Don't ever underestimate the bear,and don't ever underestimate the individual 
-Dawn Brown   

 

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