Today is my birthday and I just got the best birthday present EVER:
BREAKING NEWS-December 18, 2010: One of the last remaining Dancing Bear was surrendered to Wildlife S.O.S. bringing an end to the centuries-old tradition that inflicted terrible cruelty on thousands of highly endangered sloth bears.
Photo: Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder of Wildlife S.O.S. and a bear [...]
This photo has to be one of the best I’ve seen of polar bears, and believe me, I’ve seen thousands. The photo is by photographer Michael S. Confer of Coldilocks the polar bear at the Philadelphia Zoo. It took him months to get this photo and more of the playful bear. For more of the [...]
Great news. You can get free tickets to see Ice Bears of the Beaufort, which is screening at the Artivist Film Festival in Hollywood at 7:30pm on December 2nd, at Free Tickets.
Bear hugs, Frankie
Are You Polar Bear Aware? A site full of facts, stats, photos, videos, free stuff and lots more!
Polar bear Cartoons A blog [...]
I just ordered the coolest polar bear calendar for 2010. WOOT! David M. Booth, my good friend and partner on Cartoons: Polar Bear News has created an incredible set of calendars that includes some of his wonderful cartoons.
I wanted to post a cover photo of the calendars but, due to technical difficulties, I can’t upload [...]
Following Chinese tradition, the San Diego Zoo, waited for the baby panda to be 100 days old then gave him a name. The name chosen out of over 6,300 suggestions is Yun Zi (YUHN’-zih), which is Chinese for “Son of Cloud.” Here’s a photo of the ceremony naming 3-month-old Yun Zi…
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Bear hugs, Frankie
Giant Pandas: Cute, [...]
Following Chinese tradition, the San Diego Zoo, waited for the baby panda to be 100 days old then gave him a name. The name chosen out of over 6,300 suggestions is Yun Zi (YUHN’-zih), which is Chinese for “Son of Cloud.” Here’s a photo of the ceremony naming 3-month-old Yun Zi…
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Bear hugs, Frankie
Giant Pandas: Cute, [...]
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell continues the fight against the federal government’s expanded protection for polar bears like his predecessor, Sarah Palin. Saying it will get in the way of the state’s continued prosperity, the governor claims groups are using the protections as “a land use planning tool” instead of species protection.
Attorney, Kassie Siegel, of Center [...]
Seems that all of the female bears at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany have gone bald. The zoo is working to solve the problem. Below is a photo of Dolores sans hair.
Photo: Picture Allianace/DPAPhotoshot
For more photos, click Spectacled Bears
Here is what Dolores looked like before loosing her hair:
With winter coming, the bear’s coats usually thicken [...]
Los Angeles - Tails of
the City, a Los Angeles
area pet rescue group, is
asking for help after
thieves stole the crates
and pens used to hold
animals during adoption
events. The 30 wire
enclosures... valued at
approximately $2,500...
were apparently ...
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Kiera!"http://www.thepeti
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FOR-KIERA
When Marianne Zelonis
came home from work one
Thursday evening in
April, she found her
beloved three year old
German Shepherd Kiera
lying motionless just
yards away from home ...
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