Ken Maxwell is a retired Conservation Officer with extensive expertise in problem wildlife control and law enforcement. During his career he has also had extensive teaching experience both in the classroom and in the field. More →
Residents of Vancouver had a wilderness encounter when a bear hitched a ride on a garbage truck. A conservation officer said the bear likely began the adventure in a dumpster. It was tranquilized and later returned to the wild. (Dec. 13) (The Associated Press)
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Video of young polar bears wrestling, taken on a photo expedition near Hudson Bay, courtesy of Richard Hunter Images (via Vimeo).
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VIDEO: Black bears are expanding their range in search of food, which is readily available in the suburbs in the form of outdoor trash, bird seed and pet food. [via Fox News]
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A cougar tracked for weeks has been put down in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country after it lunged at a six-year-old girl hiking with her family.
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When conservation officers respond to a bear or cougar in a populated area, the animal will usually be shot rather than relocated, says B.C.’s top conservation officer.
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Check out this amazing time lapse video of a year in Banff.
Read more →Just two days after a rare fatal mauling by a mother grizzly in Yellowstone National Park, a black bear interrupted the taping of a television news segment on bear safety.
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A husband and wife’s backcountry hike along a popular trail turned tragic when they stumbled upon a grizzly bear and her cubs and the 57-year-old man was mauled to death, Yellowstone National Park officials said. [Courtesy of ABC News. Alex Stone. July 6, 2011]
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Video from ABC News about the tragic encounter between a mother grizzly and two backcountry hikers.
Read more →The Canadian Press VICTORIA – A man is in hospital in serious condition following a grizzly attack in northern B.C. A spokeswoman for the Vancouver Island Health Authority says the attack happened in Oweekeno, about 480 kilometres northwest of Vancouver along the province’s rugged Central Coast. Anya Nimmon says the man was flown to Victoria [...]
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A new study reveals that most deadly confrontations with black bear are NOT from mothers protecting their young, but from lone males acting in a predatory fashion.
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