Laura Saunders, Elvia Chong Qi Ern, Leanne Proops, Ana Gheorghiu, AugustineTuuga, Siew Te Wong, Marina Davila-Ross Rehabilitant bears undergo behavioural and ecological rehabilitation to help them acquire theskills necessary to adapt to the…
Abbey Wilson, Sarah A. Michaud, Jun Han, Gordon Stenhouse, KristennMagnusson, Karen Graham, Darío Fernández-Bellon Population surveys using non-invasive grid-based DNA hair-snag sampling are a common toolfor managers to determine density, distribution, and sex…
Agnieszka Sergiel, Abbey E. Wilson, Ewa Serwa, Joanna Macur, ŁukaszPaśko, Bartosz Leszczyński, Andrzej Wróbel, Jerzy Wiater, Jumpei Tomiyasu, HeatherBacon, Robert Maślak, Slaven Reljić, Djuro Huber Brown bear physiology is closely tied to seasonal…
Tuan Bendixsen, Heidi Quine, Jill Robinson Bear farming in Vietnam, fueled by the demand for bear bile for use in traditional medicine, hasthreatened bear conservation and raised significant concerns for the welfare of…
Erin Curry, Emily Virgin, Adrianna Tompros, Jessye Wojtusik Although steroid and thyroid hormones are frequently studied in polar bears, there is growinginterest in evaluating less commonly investigated protein hormones and their roles inreproduction,…
Paul Frame Prior to spring 2018, provincial policy in Alberta prohibited the captive rearing and release(CRR) of orphan black bear (Ursus americanus) cubs (OBBC), a practice referred to asrehabilitation. Even with black bear…
Garth Mowat, Troy Malish, Laura Smit, Bruce McLellan Body condition of individual large mammals is a highly labile parameter that is influenced bythe recent nutritional plane, the seasonal hormonal cycle, intrinsic traits such…
Sakhi Dabhi and Nishith Dharaiya Sloth bear is considered as one of the largest myrmecophagous mammals. In addition to theirconsumption of ants and termites, they also consume a large variety of plant food.…