Grizzly bears do not intentionally practice catch and release mauling, but don’t tell this to the New York Times. Once the pillar of U.S. journalism, the Times last week reported an unidentified […]
‘The unRevenant’ attack
Furry neighbors
Just as Anchorage recreationists were starting to think it safe to go back into the woods, the grizzly bears showed up to dine along the city’s eastern edge. What other, census-designated metropolitan […]
The hunters
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was on Monday actively moving to quash any rumors of favoritism in the award of a grizzly bear hunting permit to Donald Trump Jr., the […]
The bear fighter
When the grizzly bear came barreling out of the dark to grab Ronn Hemstock by the shoulder, lift him wholly off the ground, and shake him like a golden retriever playing with […]
Bear maulings peak
The big, brown bears of coastal Alaska have yet to enter hibernation, but already the 49th state appears to have tied the previous annual record for bear maulings. A Thursday attack in […]
Pepper spray ends bear attack
A woman leading a hike along a salmon-filled stream in Southeast Alaska was mauled by a brown bear on Thursday, but saved by a fellow guide who used a can of pepper-spray […]
Phantom bear attacks snowboarder in Japan
There’s a sucker born every minute, says the old phrase of much debated origin, and a whole lot of them inhabit the media these days. Some days the naivety is almost unbearable. […]
