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Marian Ruth Engel OC (née Passmore; May 24, 1933 – February 16, 1985) was a Canadian novelist and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada.Her most famous and controversial novel was Bear (1976), a tale of erotic love between an archivist and a bear.
This category includes books primarily about bears. Articles must contain the specific reference ("Category:Books about bears") to be listed below. For more information, see List of fictional bears .
Bear is a novel by Canadian author Marian Engel, published in 1976. It won the Governor General's Literary Award the same year. It is Engel's fifth novel, and her most famous.
A bear researcher clarifies that the incidence of poaching on Kodiak Island was low, but the director of the Alutiiq Museum notes that Treadwell's actions may have put the bears at risk by habituating them to human contact. Treadwell also claimed that he had "gained the trust" of certain bears, sufficient to approach and pet them.
Timothy Treadwell (born Timothy William Dexter; April 29, 1957 – October 5, 2003) was an American bear enthusiast, environmentalist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the bear-protection organization Grizzly People.
The Andean bear is threatened due to poaching and habitat loss, attributable to agricultural expansion and illegal mining. [51] Poaching might have several reasons: trophy hunting, pet trade, religious or magical beliefs, natural products trade and conflicts with humans. [52]
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [ 3 ]
Meanwhile, Smokey and his gang give up trying to win Tommy's trust and try to hunt baby seals. The Eskimos show up and chase away Smokey's gang. After the events, Tommy, Aura and Seabert follow a helicopter to a seal poaching camp ran by a man named Graphite. They sabotage Graphite's helicopter successfully, giving Graphite and his men the slip.