I had never seen so many bears in one place. And they came in all shapes and sizes. Some tall and lanky, as if their frame had been built first and the rest of their body suspended from it. Others shorter and more squat, but rippling with muscle. But the most intriguing thing as I watched the bears, some of them only 20 or 30 feet away, was that for all their close proximity to each other, the body language was exactly the same as that of their wild Canadian cousins.
What a wonderful discovery in the Carpathian Mountains. There are no wild bears in Ukraine, as far as I know, so no possibility of release into the wild in that country. Would these bears be accepted by local bears & benefit if they were transported to, say, BC in Canada for release into the wild? Or are they better off where they are? There is a beautiful, enchanting lake with its own isolated eco-system (&, I believe, some unique types of frogs & fish) not far from the bears' home, high up in the park & very much worth visiting.
Bear Rehab
What a wonderful discovery in the Carpathian Mountains. There are no wild bears in Ukraine, as far as I know, so no possibility of release into the wild in that country. Would these bears be accepted by local bears & benefit if they were transported to, say, BC in Canada for release into the wild? Or are they better off where they are? There is a beautiful, enchanting lake with its own isolated eco-system (&, I believe, some unique types of frogs & fish) not far from the bears' home, high up in the park & very much worth visiting.