Grizzly bears in Ontario???

[BobH]

Well, turns out there may be a possibility.

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-ne...ntario-1204439

Shocked to see that a Grizzly can have a range of 8000 square miles/12875 square kilometers.

Bob

[RezDog]

I am not surprised. With habitat encroachment having been going on for so long, they have to find new ground somewhere. What surprises me that with both the polar and the grizzly having habitat issues is that they have created a new hybrid or cross between the two. Mating and having healthy off spring. What I have not heard is if the offspring are fertile or if they are barren. Interesting times.

[MikeT]

That's fascinating of the breeding..
I'm gonna look that one up!
Coyotes have been breeding with wolves in the northern US and into Canada for a while now.. Probably male wolves finding females scarce..?
Their offspring are fertile and better adapted than either patents... lightweight enough for small prey, large enough to take down deer, and with hybrid vigor!
Interesting times.

[BobH]

Darwin, adapt or die out.

Bob

[gssixgun]

Hey

Come down here and take your Canadian wolves back with you

J/K sorta

[RezDog]

If you look at the study they did with the reintroducing them in Yellowstone it is amazing how much healthier and diverse the park area became. It seems they were needed to balance out the herbivores. As the wolves flourished the elk population fell back, the deer population rose, the flora and fauna changed, and the river side meadows returned.

[gssixgun]

If you look at the study they did with the reintroducing them in Yellowstone it is amazing how much healthier and diverse the park area became. It seems they were needed to balance out the herbivores. As the wolves flourished the elk population fell back, the deer population rose, the flora and fauna changed, and the river side meadows returned.

I love ya Shaun but that article was a total fabrication so many keep referencing it too

One of my friends here in Sandpoint is a "Wolf Expert" who has done tons of documentaries about the ill advised Introduction (NOT Re-Introduction) of "Mackenzie River" wolves into Yellowstone ID MT and WY

There is quite a bit of info out there now

We are actually dealing with the Grizzlies and the Wolves here where I live

My closest neighbor caught this young Griz on his game cam a couple of years back, it is still in the area, we can always tell by the size of the stumps that are ripped up



I have a pic of a wolf sitting out in our front yard this past spring somplace on the puter, there were two I didn't see the second one until I chased them out