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AshrafNVK/WTI AshrafNVK/WTI AshrafNVK/WTI OBRPatBubonitsy ThePazhetnovs'followastrict regime of 'bare minimum contact'withthebears.Once thecubsarehand-raised,they arequicklymovedontoa concentrate diet (porridge). Thebearcubsarehousedina largepre-releaseorientation y a r d (>5,000squaremeters)having achainlinkfencereinforced withfourlinesoflivewiresas thebarrier.Theentirelength alongtheentrysidehasbeen screened by netting to minimizevisualcontactwith caretakers.Thefacility,located about500metersawayfrom Valentin Pazhetnov's residence, in many ways resembles the pre-release orientationyardatCBRCin Seijosa,ArunachalPradesh, India. The only difference beingthenearabsenceof human settlements in Bubonitsy.Bubonitsyisasmall villagewithveryfewhuman settlements. Atthetimeofinspectionin June2007,thepre-release areahad13cubs,between threetofivemonthsofage. Sevenofthemwerefemales andsixweremales.Theywere fedtwiceadaywithad-libitum concentrate mix (porridge made of milk, cereal, sweetenerandadditives).Itis obviousthatthecubswere weanedoffmilkatanearly stage. Thecubswerebeinglooked afterbyDaniel,avolunteerfrom UK,underthesupervisionof ValentinPazhetnov.Twomore volunteers have reportedly joinedtherehabprogramthis year. According to Valentin Pazhetnove,thecubswillbe releasedinJuly-Augustwithin 100squarekilometerrangeof TverRegion.Inthepast,many bearcubsweresoftreleased bylettingthebearsgooutof theorientationarea.
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WALKING THE BEARS RehabilitationofA
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CONTENTS PREFACE 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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PREFACE Bears have been rehabilitat
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Rapid population
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initiative of the Deputy Chief Wild
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Fig 1.2. CBRC being inaugurated by
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Fig1.5 The solar fencing around the
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Curt Clumpner, founder and former d
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prevent the bears from digging thei
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CHAPTER 2 Getting the science right
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Fig 2.2 One of the bears during in-
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Fig 2.3 Asiatic black bear cub, few
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situ acclimatization site along wit
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3.1 Age at arrival CHAPTER 3 The Be
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Fig 3.3. A bear cub at CBRC with al
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Table 3.2 Oftedal’s classificatio
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Proportion Fig 3.8 Dietary composit
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abilities and predator avoidance. T
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Ofallthesementionedabove,threefacto
Page 40 and 41: Fig 4.4 Sergey Pazhetnov during his
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Page 44 and 45: Table 4.3 Abundance of wild food it
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Page 81 and 82: Acknowledgements Theworkshopbrought
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