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Big Game => Black Bear => Topic started by: mudbrook on November 05, 2009, 04:54:18 PM

Title: Rash of car vs. bear crashes
Post by: mudbrook on November 05, 2009, 04:54:18 PM
Bearly moving: Rash of car vs. bear crashes

Mike Gappa routinely handled cases involving black bears when he worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Even in retirement, he continues to be an adviser on two bear studies being conducted by the University of Wisconsin.

But the Eau Claire man was taken aback after hearing of five bear-vehicle accidents taking place in Chippewa County in less than a week.

?Five bears in a week? That?s a lot of bears,? said  Gappa, who retired from the DNR in 2003.
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http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af061369c221626458925.txt