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A Glacier National Park trail in Montana is closed after bear attacks hiker
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail was closed Thursday after a man was attacked by a bear and injured, park officials said. Rangers are still trying to determine if the attack involved a grizzly bear or a black bear. The...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being investigated for collecting dead whale
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law enforcement agency confirmed it's opened an investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he allegedly cut off the head of a dead whale and took it home two decades ago. The former independent presidential candidate disclosed the investigation...
AP PHOTOS: How Churchill embraces its title as polar bear capital of the world
CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — When polar bears started coming to Churchill, tourists did too. And then suddenly, polar bears began to appear everywhere — from artwork to cushion covers and even on beer cans — as residents of this remote Canadian town on Hudson Bay embraced their...
The birth of a spectacled bear brings joy to a farming community in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these animals for more than two decades. The bear cub, which does not yet have a name, was discovered after park rangers in the community of Santa Catalina de...
Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guard's distinctive bearskin caps
LONDON (AP) — An animal rights group trying to get real fur out of the bearskin caps worn by King's Guards at Buckingham Palace took aim Thursday at the cost of the ceremonial garb. The price of the caps soared 30% in a year to more than 2,000 pounds ($2,600) apiece for the hats...
Sweden begins brown bear hunting season with conservationists warning of a 20% drop in number
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator population. “Bear hunting is very much about pure trophy hunt," Magnus...
Black bear mauls 3-year-old girl in tent at Montana campground
RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A black bear mauled and injured a 3-year-old girl in a tent at a private campground in Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park over the weekend, state wildlife officials said. The girl was attacked about 10 p.m. Sunday at a campground south of Red...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York's Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago. Kennedy described the 2014...
Attorney says parents of ex-student accused in Texas school shooting bear responsibility for attack
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The parents of a former Texas high school student accused of killing 10 people during a 2018 shooting on his campus bear responsibility for what happened because they failed to help their son amid a mental health crisis or to limit his access to the family’s guns, an...
Mother bear accused of attacking hiker is killed in Italy. Animal rights activists worry for cubs
MILAN (AP) — Despite protests by animal rights activists, an alpine Italian province on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a mother bear believed to be responsible for an attack on a French hiker earlier this month. Activists said the killing of the bear identified as Kj1 leaves her...
