This is a mama bear who has a den next to the farm. She actually delivered three cubs in January. The Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries Bear Person, Anthony Ballard, put a collar on her. When Anthony found an abandoned cub, he tracked this mama down and tranquilized her. When she awakened, she had four cubs.
The orphaned cub had been hand fed for the two days and was not very interested in the fake milk. When they introduced her to her new mom, she latched on and nursed the entire time her mom was tranquilizer. (BOTH pictures above and below are from Anthony Ballard.)
But mom has learned that if she puts her head in the ladder of a deer stand, she can dislodge her collar. Since she has done this twice, Anthony would like to trap her again and give her a new collar. The food to attract bears is donuts and donut grease, as well as some sprays on surrounding trees.
Below: We know there are other bear in the area because we saw these three top pictures from two days ago and the bottom picture from July 29th.
Andrew designed and built his bear traps. The traps have a camera that notifies his phone with pictures if something enters the trap. He can then choose to drop the door. It takes 1.5 seconds from the time he presses the button on his phone to actually drop the door and catch the bear. As you can imagine from the video below, the grease (and I think sugar mixture) from the donut shop smells delicious.
After a bear is caught, Anthony and a team will tranquilize the bear, take vital statistics, collar the bear, and administer a reversal dosage to allow the bear to wake up. Bears are released where they are trapped. They are not removed from the area they have chosen.
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