Post by grrraaahhh on Apr 11, 2012 17:10:21 GMT -9
April 9, 2012.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska wildlife center that takes in orphaned and injured animals is missing one of its larger residents.
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center announced Monday that a 300-pound, 2-year-old female Kodiak brown bear escaped six days ago from its enclosure near Portage. The bear had been destined for a zoo in Sweden in early summer.
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“We had our electric fence turned off for maintenance and during that time, something spooked Shaguyik,” Miller said in the announcement. “Unfortunately, this year’s heavy snow load required us to fix our electric fence and that’s when the incident occurred.”
The bear climbed over the fence to escape, said center spokesman Ethan Tyler.
Read the full story: www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/apr/09/kodiak-bear-escapes-wildlife-facility/
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska wildlife center that takes in orphaned and injured animals is missing one of its larger residents.
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center announced Monday that a 300-pound, 2-year-old female Kodiak brown bear escaped six days ago from its enclosure near Portage. The bear had been destined for a zoo in Sweden in early summer.
[....]
“We had our electric fence turned off for maintenance and during that time, something spooked Shaguyik,” Miller said in the announcement. “Unfortunately, this year’s heavy snow load required us to fix our electric fence and that’s when the incident occurred.”
The bear climbed over the fence to escape, said center spokesman Ethan Tyler.
Read the full story: www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/apr/09/kodiak-bear-escapes-wildlife-facility/