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		<title>No. 56, World&#8217;s Oldest-known Wild Black Bear Dies at 39</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s oldest-known wild bear has died of old age in northern Minnesota at the age of 39½. Known to Minnesota DNR researchers as Bear No. 56, the female American black bear was first captured and radio-collared in July 1981 by DNR scientists during the first summer of a long-term research project on bear population ecology. The bear was 7]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>89 bears killed to boost moose hunting in Western Alaska</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When predators are taking food from the mouths of Alaskans, officials step up.  A total of 89 black bears and grizzlies were killed to provide 2 tons of meat to residents, while attempting to give young moose a chance to grow up.  It&#8217;s called wildlife management and it benefits humans.  Details here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aerial Control of Alaska&#8217;s Bears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Alaska Board of Game has approved the use of aerial bear control to increase the numbers of moose for residents.  “All bears within the 540 square mile area will be removed, but that total will  include many more black bears than grizzlies,” Fish and Game spokeswoman Cathie  Harms wrote in an email. Read more:  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner &#8211; Alaska]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Canadian Bear Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a group of wildlife biologists and one comedian, Rick Mercer, on a mission to count and tag black bears in Canada.  Funny stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&#38;vq=medium]]></description>
		
		
		
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