Cell phones as bear bait
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A sad end to a great looking bear.
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It's news from Alaska in August
By MEGAN HOLLAND
Anchorage Daily News
Published: August 11, 2006
Two brown bears prowling separate parts of Anchorage have made deep trouble for themselves -- with one already dead after biting into a power line.
A 600-pound brown bear made its way to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on the edge of Kincaid Park and was killed when it opened a utility box and bit into a live electrical wire Thursday.
And south of town, a young brown bear among the bruin crowd that has been roaming Bird Creek this summer is slated to be killed after flattening tents in two incidents at the nearby campground. State biologist Rick Sinnott said a trap was set for the bear Thursday.
Black bears are commonly seen in Anchorage during summer, but their bigger counterparts, brown bears, are far more rare.
A child discovered the electrocuted bear Thursday morning while riding her bicycle on the Sisson Loop trail, a dirt path in the northern part of the park, said Robert Hughes, recreation supervisor at Kincaid. The bear was 50 yards from the popular Coastal Trail, traveled by hundreds of pedestrians, bicyclists and others every day.
The bear found at Kincaid was a healthy adult male that had made its way to the park either by passing through the residential areas near the park, by coming up from Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge or by swimming across Cook Inlet, Sinnott speculated.
Sinnott estimated the bear to weigh more than 600 pounds: "He's one of the bigger brown bears I've seen in Anchorage."
He said he would not likely be able to age the animal because its teeth were burned from the electrocution.
By MEGAN HOLLAND
Anchorage Daily News
Published: August 11, 2006
Two brown bears prowling separate parts of Anchorage have made deep trouble for themselves -- with one already dead after biting into a power line.
A 600-pound brown bear made its way to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on the edge of Kincaid Park and was killed when it opened a utility box and bit into a live electrical wire Thursday.
And south of town, a young brown bear among the bruin crowd that has been roaming Bird Creek this summer is slated to be killed after flattening tents in two incidents at the nearby campground. State biologist Rick Sinnott said a trap was set for the bear Thursday.
Black bears are commonly seen in Anchorage during summer, but their bigger counterparts, brown bears, are far more rare.
A child discovered the electrocuted bear Thursday morning while riding her bicycle on the Sisson Loop trail, a dirt path in the northern part of the park, said Robert Hughes, recreation supervisor at Kincaid. The bear was 50 yards from the popular Coastal Trail, traveled by hundreds of pedestrians, bicyclists and others every day.
The bear found at Kincaid was a healthy adult male that had made its way to the park either by passing through the residential areas near the park, by coming up from Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge or by swimming across Cook Inlet, Sinnott speculated.
Sinnott estimated the bear to weigh more than 600 pounds: "He's one of the bigger brown bears I've seen in Anchorage."
He said he would not likely be able to age the animal because its teeth were burned from the electrocution.
