This fall, both of the polar bears currently living at the Maryland Zoo will be moving to other zoos as a result of recommendations from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Polar Bear Species Survival Plan (SSP). The bears, Neva and Amelia Gray, came to the Maryland Zoo as two-year-olds in 2018 from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium and are half-sisters.
Head into Southwest Montana’s Bitterroot Valley with Russ as he looks to collect evidence of grizzly bears using noninvasive hair snare corrals and trail cameras.
Russ Talmo was working with partners to install an electric fence to protect both livestock and wildlife, when a black bear showed up! This wildlife encounter proves that nonlethal deterrents like guardian dogs and electric fences, are effective tools in promoting coexistence with wildlife.
