It takes time and experience to read a bear and know how close is too close. Walking up a creek ... At 900 lbs, a brown bear can hit 35 mph. For perspective, Usain Bolt’s top speed was 27.8 ...

He had been medicated with prednisolone to deal with the swelling and build-up of fluid, but zoo staff would have been unable to treat him once he went into torpor (semi-hibernation). Brown bear ...