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The Safety in Bear Country Society, in co-operation with the International Association for Bear Research and Management, is pleased to announce the release of these safety videos. These videos provide important information to help reduce human injuries and property damage from grizzly and black bears throughout North America while also reducing unnecessary bear deaths.

Living in Bear Country:
This program provides practical advice on minimizing problems with bears in the places that people live. It is the consensus opinion of leading experts on living safely in bear country. Living in Bear Country shows how a few simple adjustments to your daily routine can reduce property damage and human injury from bears. If bears start frequenting places where people live, then it's time for the entire community to acknowledge the problem and work together. By living responsibly in bear country both individuals and communities can help prevent many bear deaths and keep themselves safer.

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Copies of the Living in Bear Country video or DVD can be purchased from Distribution Access online or by calling 1-888-440-4640. They can be purchased for home use or with Public Presentation Rights (PPR), which means they are licenced to allow showings to non-paying audiences.

Staying Safe in Bear Country is the main 50-minute video that is a stand-alone educational tool for anyone living, traveling, or working in bear country.

It includes the consensus opinion of leading experts on bear behaviour and its relevance to human safety.

People who watch the video will develop a better understanding of bear behaviour and how this knowledge can help them prevent bear encounters and attacks.

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Working in Bear Country is a 20-minute module to the main video that provides more detailed information specific to people working in bear country.

It is especially relevant to industry managers and supervisors responsible for the safety of workers.

It is not a stand-alone education video. It is essential for people to be familiar with the content of Staying Safe in Bear Country before viewing Working in Bear Country.

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The major message of both videos is that a much greater degree of co-existence with bears is possible if people understand and apply a few safety principles. These videos will allow people to appreciate bears and the places where they live.

Both videos were produced by Wild Eye Productions, Atlin B.C. in association with AV Action Yukon Ltd. and the Safety in Bear Country Society. All money raised from video sales will go into a fund for future education and research on human safety around bears to further reduce bear and human conflicts.

Both programs are available for home use or with Public Performance Rights (PPR), which means they are licenced to allow showings to non-paying audiences.

PPR sets can be purchased from Kodiak Wildlife Products Inc. in DVD or Video format. Download Catalogue.

DVD/Video copies may also be purchased separately, for home use or with PPR rights, from Distribution Access.

Polar Bears: A Guide to Safety
This 27-minute program contains important information on how people can reduce their chance of encountering a polar bear and how to best respond if they do meet a bear.

Polar Bears: a Guide to Safety was a collaborative effort of the Safety in Bear Country Society with many people knowledgeable about staying safe in polar bear country, including Inuit elders and polar bear hunters, other northern residents, research scientists, wildlife managers, and bear viewing operators.

The video is available in English, French, and Inuktitut.

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Copies of the Polar Bears video or DVD can be purchased from Distribution Access online or by calling 1-888-440-4640. They can be purchased for home use or with Public Presentation Rights (PPR), which means they are licenced to allow showings to non-paying audiences.

Papa Bear:

Until naturalist and author of Among the Bears, Ben Kilham, began raising orphaned bear cubs in the wild, no one was able to stay close enough to document their forest-hidden lives. Of the dozens of cubs Ben has raised and filmed, Squirty and Yoda have allowed him an especially clear window into their world. One of the surprises these two have revealed is the fact that black bear individuals have such distinct personalities, which provides an astonishing survival advantage - allowing some bears to live while others die. Join Ben, Yoda and Squirty in the most intimate, illuminating journey ever filmed among wild black bears. 50 minutes.

Bear Man:

Look through a window into the lives of black bears with naturalist Ben Kilham, author of Among the Bears. Meet Ben's bears, Squirty, Yoda and Houdini. Visit Squirty in her den with newborn cubs and experience thier livews through the lens of Ben's camera. In a dramatic close encounter, meet Squirty's mate, a four hundred pound male. Bear Man is the story of Ben Kilham's controversial methods of black bear behavioral research and rehabilitation. 52 minutes.

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Bear with Me: A Young Person's Guide to Black Bear Safety

In Bear with Me we follow young Josh on his quest to write a story about black bears for his school newspaper. He interviews an expert, has a close encounter with a bear during a camping trip, and learns about all the dos and don’ts of living in bear country. Sometimes funny, always informative, this program provides young viewers with what they need to know to live safely with black bears.

For home use, please contact:
Pinegrove Productions email: pinegrove@superaje.com

For educational distribution, contact: McNabb Connolly
Phone: 866 722 1522 / 905 278 0566 email: info@mcnabbconnolly.ca

Season of the BEAR: This one hour program on black bears is entertaining and educational for the whole family. See black bears up close and personal, eating, sleeping, playing, nursing and just being bears. See interviews with bear experts, illustrated facts about black bears, history and evolution, and how we can live with bears. NOTE: This video focuses on black bears of south eastern U.S. with respect to food sources and conservation efforts

Season of the Bear - Part II:. "Season of the Bear, Vol. II: Black Bear Cubs" is an endearing look at the first year in the life of an American Black Bear. It shows extraordinary never-before-seen photography of newborn black bear cubs inside the winter den with their mother. Although these bears were found in the southeastern U.S., all bear behavior and facts shown are indicative of black bears across North America. Habitat conservation, bear conservation and safety are all stressed in this documentary program.
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