by Nils Pedersen | Jul 4, 2021 | Media
Maybe you remember this story from last summer: A young, 300-pound black bear gave chase to wildlife officials in Los Angeles. The ordeal became a live cable news hit. Helicopters were broadcasting the bear’s every move as he jumped fences or chilled in the...
by Nils Pedersen | Jan 7, 2020 | Media
Director of the Wind River Bear Institute, Nils Pedersen, speaking with Eli Weiss on the Our Wild World podcast! https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/117888/dogs-that-save-bears-with-nils-pedersen
by Nils Pedersen | Jan 7, 2020 | Media
Rover.com visited the Wind River Bear Institute kennel in Florence, Montana to film and interview with Director, Nils Pedersen, and Founder, Carrie Hunt, as they test and evaluate the 2019 Salla x Rio litter of Karelian Bear Dog puppies. We discuss the puppy testing...
by Nils Pedersen | Jan 7, 2020 | Media
Nice blog post from Cary Unkelbach discussing the use of Karelian Bear Dogs to address human-bear conflict issues. Karelian Bear Dogs: Managing and Saving...
by Nils Pedersen | May 22, 2019 | Notes from the Field
The Wind River Bear Institute Director, Nils Pedersen, conducted a Wildlife K-9 Lab for students in the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Wildlife 101 class; introducing young wildlife students to the many uses of working dogs for wildlife conservation with a focus on...
