Comments on: A Black Bear Comes To Provincetown!

By: Out Walking the Dog

Out Walking the Dog — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:58:47 +0000

Hi Barbara, Thanks so much for returning to Out Walking the Dog. I had no idea you spent time on the Cape – it’s a beautiful place, isn’t it?

By: Out Walking the Dog

Out Walking the Dog — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:57:45 +0000

Well, they didn’t need the traps, but the officials did capture the bear by using a tranquilizer gun, and he has now been taken off-Cape. Here’s wishing him well.

By: Out Walking the Dog

Out Walking the Dog — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:56:30 +0000

It’s a very similar story. As I understand it, black bears stay with their mamas for up to 2.5 years! So this young male may have only recently been given the boot by mom and told it’s time to grow up. Juveniles then disperse and a male of this age at this time of year would probably be looking to mate. Unlike coyotes, black bears don’t stay with a mate to help raise the young. Rather they mate with as many females as they can find, and move on.

By: Out Walking the Dog

Out Walking the Dog — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:35:11 +0000

Yes, Provincetown does welcome bears of all kinds. That’s an incredible fact about polar bear swimming 200 miles – good lord!

By: Provincetown Bear Captured « Out walking the dog

Provincetown Bear Captured « Out walking the dog — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:37:55 +0000

[...] black bear that spent several weeks this spring wandering the forests, yards, beaches and roadways of Cape Cod has been captured. [...]

By: mthew

mthew — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:19:36 +0000

Just passed through the Mid-and Upper-Cape area, had no idea there was a bear nearby. That was a lot of malls to pass through to get up the arm… actually, there’s still plenty of woodlands. I’ve seen turkeys and foxes in Hyannis.

That warning about running from bears? Although rather heavier than the average human, even the average human bear, bears can run faster than we can.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:00:58 +0000

This seems a similar story to the wandering coyote, looking for a mate, or a home, or something, on the other side of the horizon. I do hope the wildlife service people know how to treat their bears. Please keep us posted.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:57:23 +0000

Spent several summers in Wellfleet and always enjoyed going to Ptown – now it seems it will be even more interesting to spend time on the Cape… do keep us up to date Melissa, and welcome back. Have missed your posts

By: p hoey

p hoey — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:47:21 +0000

As a seasonal Ptowner about to leave NYC for duneland, I was delighted to read about both the bear vagrant–don’t put away those traps yet, guys!–and the lovely hairy bears who come to
visit every July. Keep us posted, please.

By: Out Walking the Dog

Out Walking the Dog — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 02:30:19 +0000

A female hippo! Wow. That’s just beyond exotic for us North Americans. I’ll be interested to see what happens with the Cape Cod bear & whether wildlife services does end up trapping & relocating. The summer season is already in swing, which means there are so many people around in such a small area. Hard for a bear to go about his business!

By: Liz H

Liz H — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:43:25 +0000

Hope Bear has help finding a mate! This account brings to mind a story of another bear swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. We were in Florida at the time and followed the news avidly. Wildlife services did a fantastic job at rescuing him and relocating. Here in SA we had a famous female hippo who went walkabout,”Huberta”. Travelled miles and got into all sorts of escapades.

By: retrieverman

retrieverman — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:50:10 +0000

Bears have a lot of endurance, especially when swimming. Polar bears have been seen swimming up to 200 miles to get back to land once the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean melts.

Both types of bears are in Massachusetts for its tolerant culture.