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Bear that rambled over several US states dies in Louisiana
JANET McCONNAUGHEY, The Associated Press
June 30, 2021
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A bear that gained a social media following while wandering hundreds of miles in the Midwest and eventually reached Louisiana has died after being hit by a vehicle, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Wednesday.
The male bear dubbed Bruno was euthanized Tuesday because there was no way he could have survived, said Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Not only were both back legs broken, but they were paralyzed because of spinal injuries, she said: “He had been dragging himself, literally.
Janet Mcconnaughey () June 30, 2021 - 4:36 PM
A bear that gained a social media following while wandering hundreds of miles in the Midwest and eventually reached Louisiana has died after being hit by a vehicle, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Wednesday.
The male bear dubbed Bruno was euthanized Tuesday because there was no way he could have survived, said Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Not only were both back legs broken, but they were paralyzed because of spinal injuries, she said: âHe had been dragging himself, literally.
Biologists estimated that Bruno had been injured about a month before a homeowner in Morehouse Parish, which is on the Arkansas state line in northeastern Louisiana, called the department Tuesday, saying a bear wouldn t leave the yard.
Biologists went there.
“He was in bad shape. It was rough,” Davidson said.
Sue Kline, a local lobbyist in Muscatine, Iowa, for the U.S. Humane Society, said she started a Facebook group called “Keeping Bruno Safe” after he showed up in Iowa. “We ended up tracing him back to Wisconsin. . He was in the middle part of Wisconsin before people even noticed him,” she said.
That would make for an 800-mile (more than 1,200 kilometer) trek into Louisiana.
He had traveled in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, swimming the Mississippi River four times, before getting cornered between two interstates and drawing a crowd of hundreds in a St. Louis suburb last July. Since that was dangerous for both bear and audience, Missouri wildlife officials tranquilized the bear and had him relocated.
Bear that rambled over several US states dies in North Louisiana
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Posted at 7:23 PM, Jun 30, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-30 20:28:59-04
A bear that gained a social media following while wandering hundreds of miles in the Midwest and eventually reached Louisiana has died after being hit by a vehicle, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Wednesday.
The 240-pound male bear dubbed Bruno was euthanized Tuesday because there was no way he could have survived, said Maria Davidson, large carnivore program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Not only were both back legs broken, but they were paralyzed because of spinal injuries, she said: âHe had been dragging himself, literally.â