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Couple in Mammoth Lakes Subdue Black Bear With Hatchet After Dog Fight

Euthanasia of the roughly 17-month-old, 70-pound bear prompted a CDFW investigation with officials urging residents to follow bear-safety steps.

Hiker Survives Grizzly Attack on Grinnell Glacier Trail

Bear That Attacked Four Escapes Fukushima Factory After Opening Window

Elusive Fukushima Bear At Large After Factory Attack

Black Bear Tranquilized in Mt. Pleasant Falls From Tree and Is Relocated

Black Bear Rampage in Fukushima Injures Four and Remains at Large

Toddler Bitten by Raccoon at Wayland Playground

Bear Mauls Hiker in Okutama During Spike in Sightings

Japan’s ‘Monster Wolf’ Orders Soar, Forcing 2–3 Month Waits in Bear Crisis

Escobar Searches for Puma Filmed Outside Country Club

Karnataka Closes Trekking Routes in Wildlife Areas, Tightens MM Hills Pilgrimages

Federal Investigation Opens After Tourist Hurls Rock at Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

Boy Killed by Leopard on MM Hills Pilgrimage as Authorities Ban Trek Route

Yellowstone Bear Encounter Injures Two Hikers as Closures Continue Near Old Faithful

Young Mountain Lion Tranquilized in Escondido, Released Near Cleveland National Forest

Pacoima Bear Tranquilized Near School, Returned to Angeles National Forest

Two Hikers Injured in Bear Encounter on Yellowstone’s Mystic Falls Trail

Early Surge of Young Great Whites Off Southern California Triggers Warnings and Surf Contest Delay

Hunter Hurt as Wounded Brown Bear Rolls Down Slope in Hokkaido Cull

Netherlands Lets Provinces Act Faster Against 'Problem Wolves'