by Nils Pedersen | Mar 15, 2023 | Media
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our 2022 Wind River Karelian Bear Dog Puppy Litter: Erauspojan Inka x Wind River John’s Mowgli. On December 12, 2022, Inka gave birth to 15 beautiful puppies. This is a record number of pups for our Program and perhaps...
by Nils Pedersen | Sep 18, 2022 | Notes from the Field
Wind River Bear Institute Biologist, Jessica Reyes, and Director of the Wind River Karelian Bear Dog Partners, Carrie Hunt, with Wildlife K-9s “Joni” and “Mowgli” continued their work in the Bitterroot Grizzly Bear Recovery Ecosystem, Montana this summer with a focus...
by Nils Pedersen | Sep 17, 2022 | Fundraising
The Wind River Bear Institute – Karelian Bear Dog Partners are fundraising for our upcoming trip to Finland!!! To help support this endeavor, we created 2 “Karelian Bear Dogs Help Protect Bears & People” fundraising stickers! These stickers are...
by Nils Pedersen | Aug 19, 2022 | Media
Protection. Insurance. Morale boosters. This is how firefighters on the Dalton Highway Complex describe Mardy and Rio, the two Karelian bear dogs who help to keep them safe from bears, moose, and other large animals. Currently, firefighters on the northern end of the...
by Nils Pedersen | Aug 19, 2022 | Media
In 2003, when the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife launched their Karelian Bear Dog Program (KBDP) with one dog, Mishka, it was viewed as an anomaly, an outlier, a longshot that would probably fail. Yet it didn’t. Instead, it was successful and quickly...
