Probable Black Bear, Ursus americana, Retrieval of an Elk, Cervus elaphus, Carcass from a Small Lake in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba

Authors

  • William J. Walley 222 Bossons Avenue, Dauphin, Manitoba R7N OR2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v120i1.256

Keywords:

Black Bear, Ursus americana, Elk, Cervus elaphus, carcass, small lake, Riding Mountain National Park

Abstract

Strong circumstantial evidence indicated that a sow Black Bear (Ursus americana) retrieved an Elk (Cervus elaphus) carcass from near the middle of a small lake to feed herself and three cubs.

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Vol. 120 No. 1 (2006)

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