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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

10,000 Birds

A narrow forest road takes us to the chain blocking the entrance, with a sign “Area closed – bear danger”. This feeding station is not here for the tourists: in order to lower the bee-hive raiding (even the Serbian word for a bear, medved, comes from the word honey – med), supplementary feeding was offered to local bears for several decades.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not much further, on the new tarmac that ends 6 km before the Gramos village, we find muddy bear footprints crossing the road.

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AVMA releases expanded humane slaughter guidelines

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The latest edition of the AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals builds on the original 2016 version, with sections on fur-bearing species and marine animals.

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I saw a brown bear drink another bear's urine

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Ok so I went to a zoo the other day, and there were two brown bears in an enclosure. But the other bear was drinking it while it was falling. One ,which I assume was female, was urinating. Nothing weird about that. Like when you drink water from a tap, something around those lines. Can anyone explain to me why it did that????

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Strange looking Black bear

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Can bears be tame?

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Gorilla vs Bear

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