Hi All,
We spent the morning watching and assisting with the processing of the bear trapped last night.
It was a careful, laborious process as the staff:
Estimated the bear weight
Determined the appropriate dosage of drug to immobilize the bear
Administer the drug with a long handle syringe and waited 15 minutes for the drug to take effect
Remove the bear from the trap
Lubricate the eyes and cover the face
Weigh the bear (216#) and determine it was a male
Attach ear tags (Bear #188)
Tattoo the bear's upper lip
Fit the tracking collar
Measure the body and paws
Take blood, hair and tissue samples
Throughout this process, we monitored vital signs every ten minutes. Sandy recorded all of this data.
We then hoisted the bear back into the trap. After the drug wears off, the bear will be transported and released about 100 miles into the back country. Hopefully, he will stay away from developed areas or behave better if he comes back.
Carl took photos of the process but they cannot be shared with the public. We do have this photo of the bear on a picnic table taken last Monday.
Sandy & Carl
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