Bear Shepherds: Carrie Hunt’s dogs train bears to steer clear of people

by Nils Pedersen | Mar 29, 2022 | Media

You can’t scare easily when all that stands between you and a 600-pound grizzly is a couple of barking dogs. Carrie Hunt apparently comes by that naturally. The founder and director of Florence’s Wind River Institute–Wind River Karelian Bear Dog Partners has spent...

WRBI Wildlife K-9s working with the BLM Alaska Fire Service

by Nils Pedersen | Mar 29, 2022 | Media

BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Mike Bradley talks to Nils Pedersen and Wildlife K-9s Soledad, Rio and Mardy of the Wind River Institute about how the bear dogs work to deter interactions between firefighting personnel and bears, educating people on methods to...

WRBI-KBD Partners presentation at the Missoula Public Library

by Nils Pedersen | Mar 29, 2022 | Media

Wind River Bear Institute biologists and their Karelian Bear Dog Partners presenting a live demonstration on the use of these highly trained Wildlife K-9s in preventing or reducing human/wildlife conflict. Watch these “bear shepherds” in action as they teach both...

ADN – Dogs put to work in Girdwood in attempt to reduce bear conflicts with residents

by Nils Pedersen | Jul 4, 2021 | Media

Dogs put to work in Girdwood in attempt to reduce bear conflicts with residents  Author: Tess Williams  Updated: 6 days ago  Published June 24 A black bear walks down a residential street in Girdwood on June 16, 2021. (Marc Lester / ADN) As Nils Pedersen rounds a...

Indie Alaska – The Karelian Bear Dog: protecting people and bears from each other

by Nils Pedersen | Jul 4, 2021 | Media