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Black bears are threatened by climate change. How can we help?
Drought and habitat loss are driving more bears into towns, and Tennessee officials say 15 to 30 bears are euthanized each year.
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Black bears are threatened by climate change. How can we help?
An adolescent bear starts to scale a tree in Gatlinburg, Tenn. on May 20, 2026.(Caroline Eggers / WPLN News)Along a steep, forested hillside in Gatlinburg, Janelle Musser, a biologist with the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, is looking for black bears.Within minutes, a woman in the distance calls out excitedly.It’s a female bear, maybe about 200 pounds, and she has two cubs with her.“Oh my goodness, look at them,” Musser whispers.The mama be…
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