Grizzly bears now ‘regular residents’ of Manitoba after sightings jump in recent years
Mother grizzly spotted with cubs, but breeding population not yet confirmed
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This article was published 22/03/2022 (1324 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Grizzly bears are being spotted so often in northern Manitoba, a new study concludes they are now “regular residents” of this province, especially along the coast of Hudson Bay.
In the March issue of the academic publication Arctic, a team of wildlife experts led by Doug Clark at the University of Saskatchewan investigated every suspected or confirmed grizzly sighting over the past four decades in Manitoba and found the big bears are being observed with increasing frequency.
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