Accidental death of bear fuels passions in France
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The apparently accidental death of a bear  in the Pyrenees has reopened a bitter row between mountain  farmers and environmentalists over whether bears should ever  have been reintroduced to the region.
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BLAIRMORE, Alta. (CP) - A woman who stumbled upon a grizzly bear sow and two cubs in a wilderness area of southwestern Alberta was mauled Thursday but managed to escape.
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Sometimes hope wins. Out of all the stories we read this week the one that was most inspiring was that of Jeanna Giese, the 15-year-old Fond du Lac girl who contracted rabies after she was bitten by a bat
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Health authorities in central Romania have launched a rabies alert after a man died following an attack by an infected bear, medical sources said.
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AMERICAN FORK CANYON, Utah  - Hunters on Monday shot and killed a black bear thought responsible for the mauling death of an 11-year-old boy one day earlier in the rugged mountains in northern Utah, officials said.
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Six years ago, an Oregon man rescued a fawn and raised her as a family pet. So when the state seized the deer, with a threat of euthanasia, all hell broke loose.
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Knut, Berlin Zoo&#39;s celebrity polar bear cub, is growing from a cuddly ball of fur into a shaggy, powerful predator who could soon pose a serious threat to his devoted human keeper who has nursed him from birth.
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With the opening of the 55th Berlinale, the international film festival here in Berlin, people will start buzzing about those cute little bears.
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A five-week-old polar bear cub, which had to be taken away from its mother over fears it might be eaten, has been named after a public poll.
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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The last thing Lorraine Grossman expected to see as she gazed out the kitchen window of her daughter's home was a 211-pound bear. &quot;I was making a pot of coffee, and I turned around and there he was in the window looking at me,&quot; said Grossman.
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Italy&#039;s environment minister lodged an official protest with his German counterpart Tuesday over the killing of a brown bear by a government-sanctioned hunter.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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GENEVA, Switzerland  - Switzerland's St. Bernard, famed for rescuing avalanche victims in the Alps, is finally bowing its massive head, the fabled barrel around its neck replaced with a "for sale" sign.
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As the UK debate on hunting with hounds rages on some people are travelling to France where the hunting tradition is still strong.
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MAN VERSUS BEAST: Overtrapping and overhunting in the early 20th century drove many species &#151; river otters, black bears and Canada geese, for example &#151; from their natural habitats.
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The authorities in Brasov, central Romania, declare a rabies alert after an infected bear kills a man and injures others.
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Save the women and children first! There's a bear among the BlackBerries!