Other Bear Websites

Critter Care Wildlife Society
'Critter Care Wildlife Society provides short and long-term care to native mammal species and through rehabilitytion and education, helps prevent suffering of injured and orphaned wildlife. Thousands of mammals have been cared for over the past 20 years. All native mamms are admitted by the Centre including black bear cubs.'
Find lots of information about wildlife animals and awesome pictures.

Nature & Wildlife Photography by Philip Warburton
'Philip Warburton, originally from England, is a keen amateur photographer that enjoys the local outdoors in his home town of Port Coquitlam, BC. He enjoys the vast and varied wildlife just minutes from his home and never know from one day to the next what he will see. He was the director of Critter Care Wildlife Society for 5 years and is still volunteering at the Centre.'
The focus of his website is black bears with the occasional foray into other species and issues in the Tri-Cities of Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

Bear Aware BC
'The mission of Bear Aware BC is to reduce the number of bear-human conflicts in communities through education, innovation and cooperation. In order to accomplish this reduction in human-bear conflicts they provide information about attractant management and education and assistance about the tools available to secure those attractants.'
On their website they provide lots of information about conflict prevention, safety and how to be bear aware.

Ben Kilham 
'Ben Kilham had an interest in wildlife observations since before he attended college. Due to growing up with his father Lawrence Kilham, who was a virologist and studied bird behavior as an amateur and whom Ben often helped with observations and raising wild creatures. So, their house was home for many species of wild visitors from woodpeckers to a leopard.'
On his website you find information about the black bear behavior, how to understand black bears, as well as many bear pictures and videos.

North Shore Black Bear Network
'The North Shore Black Bear Network is a non-profit organization and works in partnership with local and regional governments and other groups involved with black bears and bear attractant issues. The Society aims to raise awareness of bear attractant management and increase understanding of bear behaviour, as well as to reduce bear habituation and food conditioning (reliance on unnatural food sources).'
Find lots of valuable information, videos, pictures and more.

Wildlife Research Society
'The Wildlife Research Institute (WRI) is conducting the longest and most detailed black bear study and the largest educational outreach program ever done. The focus is on improving coexistence between people and bears. WRI provides the information to over a hundred million people each year through TV, radio, books, Internet, etc.'
Find publications, research updates and bear information on their website.

Bears Matter
'Bears Do Matter to All of US! Therefore, Bears Matter Ltd. mission is to help conserve all species of wild bear populations. How? By providing a forum and funding for specific bear conservation issues around the world. Also through their campaign alerts and blog they will encourage the sharing of new research and objectives in the field of bear conservation amongst wildlife practitioners, stakeholders and the general public.'
Find a blog, bear news and a bear gift shop.

Sierra Club BC Great Bear Rainforest
'B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest is a global ecological treasure. It is home to 1,000-year-old western red cedars, trees as tall as 30-storey buildings and the rare white Kermode bear--or “Spirit” Bear. The focus of Sierra Club has been to ensure full implementation of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements. Sierra Club BC works with the BC government, First Nations and industry to ensure that legislation is passed to protect designated areas of the Great Bear Rainforest.'
Find more information on their webpage

Nothern Lights Wildlife Society
'Northern Lights Wildlife Society (NLWS) provides a second chance to orphaned wildlife in British Columbia. With 20 years of successful rehabilitation, NLWS has become a haven for bears, moose, deer and other orphaned wildlife. Along with the care of the animals, NLWS also feels that education and scientific work is of great importance to ensure our coexistence with our magnificent wild animal population.'
Find information about their orphaned bear cubs, their projects and other animal stories on their website.

Bow Valley Wild Smart
'Bow Valley Wild Smart program in Alberta is a proactive conservation strategy that encourages efforts by communities to reduce negative human - wildlife interactions. They are a coalition of community members, government entities, environmental organizations and businesses.'
Find lots of information and valuable tips on how to avoid bear encounters, manage bear attractants and how to live smart with bears.