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Boo the bear could get GPS collar CBC News July 06, 2006 Boo the runaway grizzly bear, who has escaped twice from a wildlife refuge at the Kicking Horse Resort near Golden, could be spared a life in captivity if B.C.'s environment minister has his way. Barry Penner says Boo should be left to roam freely in the mountains, but fitted with a global positioning system collar so the public could track his movements on the internet. "This could help accomplish the goal of public safety, but also provide a scientific benefit to the ministry specialists that work in this area about where this bear will go in the wild," said the minister. The resort had said it planned to neuter the four-year-old bear when he's caught again. But Penner doubts that would work. "This is a determined bear, and simply neutering the bear may not be enough to make him satisfied to sit around." Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com One determined bear In his first escape, Boo tunnelled under a fence to team up with a female grizzly. He was soon recaptured, and placed in a much more secure enclosure. However, the young bear escaped again, this time breaking through a 181-kilogram steel door, scrambling over two electric fences and climbing a four-metre barrier. Penner says he should know in about a week whether the idea is feasible. The bear was orphaned by a hunter in northern B.C. in 2002. He and a male sibling were initially taken to the Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge in North Vancouver before being shipped to the Kicking Horse Resort. The sibling died at the refuge in 2004. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Boo the bear could get GPS collar

CBC News
July 06, 2006

Science Boo the runaway grizzly bear, who has escaped twice from a wildlife refuge at the Kicking Horse Resort near Golden, could be spared a life in captivity if B.C.'s environment minister has his way.

Barry Penner says Boo should be left to roam freely in the mountains, but fitted with a global positioning system collar so the public could track his movements on the internet.

"This could help accomplish the goal of public safety, but also provide a scientific benefit to the ministry specialists that work in this area about where this bear will go in the wild," said the minister.

The resort had said it planned to neuter the four-year-old bear when he's caught again.

But Penner doubts that would work. "This is a determined bear, and simply neutering the bear may not be enough to make him satisfied to sit around."

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

One determined bear

In his first escape, Boo tunnelled under a fence to team up with a female grizzly.

He was soon recaptured, and placed in a much more secure enclosure.

However, the young bear escaped again, this time breaking through a 181-kilogram steel door, scrambling over two electric fences and climbing a four-metre barrier.

Penner says he should know in about a week whether the idea is feasible.

The bear was orphaned by a hunter in northern B.C. in 2002.

He and a male sibling were initially taken to the Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge in North Vancouver before being shipped to the Kicking Horse Resort. The sibling died at the refuge in 2004.

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