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Bears in Russia addicted to sniffing fumes from barrels of aircraft fuel

By AOL Travel, Mar 18, 2013

A group of bears have reportedly become addicted to sniffing fumes from discarded barrels of aircraft fuel in Russia. The fumes come from the canisters of gasoline and kerosene brought in to...
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Video: Adorable polar bear cub makes debut at Buffalo Zoo

By Ruth Doherty, Mar 04, 2013

A three-month-old polar bear cub called Luna met the public for the first time on Friday at Buffalo Zoo. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO. The gorgeous cub, weighing in at 23lbs, was born on 27 November,...
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Bear with a sore head: 66-stone polar bear gets annual check-up

By Ruth Doherty, Feb 27, 2013

How many people does it take to perform a check-up on a 66-stone polar bear? Around 12, apparently. A dozen people, including Dr Allison Case, Dr Tom Sullivan, and Dr Jim Reed, were...
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Switzerland's only wild bear shot after 'posing threat to humans'

By AOL Travel, Feb 21, 2013

Switzerland's only recorded wild bear, known as M13, has been shot dead after fears it had begun to pose a threat to humans. Adrian Aeschlimann, spokesman for the Federal Office for the...
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Alesha Dixon rescues two bears from nightmare zoo in Romania

By Ruth Doherty, Nov 28, 2012

Alesha Dixon has been involved in the rescue of two brown bears from a life of misery at a "hellhole" zoo in Romania. Onesti Zoo in eastern Romania closed over four years ago after failing to...
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Animal trainer mauled to death by bears in Montana

By Ruth Doherty, Nov 06, 2012

An animal trainer was mauled to death while cleaning the pen of two 500-pound brown bears in Montana. Benjamin Cloutier, 24, was found by the head trainer, Demetri Price, in the enclosure at...
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Man killed and eaten by bear in Alaska

By Ruth Doherty, Oct 17, 2012

A man has been killed and partially eaten by a brown bear in Alaska. The victim has been tentatively named as Tomas Puerta, 54, who left for the south east Alaskan city of Sitka for Chicagof...
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Bears break into Norway holiday cabin and drink 100 cans of lager

By Ruth Doherty, Aug 13, 2012

This is what we call bear-swilling... There was not one but a whole family of bears with a very sore head this weekend after the animals broke into a holiday cabin in Norway - and drank over...
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