DWR tracks hibernating bears and performs health checkups
Mar 21, 2022, 1:38 PM | Updated: 2:41 pm
(Courtesy: Faith Jolley)
Faith Jolley, with the Division of Wildlife Resources, shared her experience tracking a bear to its den Sunday. It’s a chance for biologists to do a health check up, replace the GPS tracking collar, and see if there are new babies.
Every year, @UtahDWR biologists go check on hibernating bears to see if they had babies, to do health exams and to replace GPS tracking collars, as needed. It’s pretty intense to get to some of these remote locations and often includes snowmobiling and a snowshoe hike pic.twitter.com/sSQ84nAfWm
— Faith Heaton Jolley (@FaithHJolley) March 21, 2022
Often times, Jolley said in a tweet, “It’s pretty intense to get to some of these remote locations and often includes snowmobiling and a snowshoe hike.”
They located a bear in its den, tranquilized it to conduct a health exam, and replaced its collar. Just check out those teeth!
Once she was sedated, they checked for babies (unfortunately none) and then did health checks, measurements and replaced her GPS collar pic.twitter.com/vsfa9CxBqO
— Faith Heaton Jolley (@FaithHJolley) March 21, 2022