A beluga whale sounds in the waters of Turnagain Arm along the Seward Highway on August 21, 2019. (Photo by Bob Hallinen)
The number of endangered beluga whales swimming in Alaska’s Cook Inlet increased slightly in the past four years, providing “a glimmer of hope” for a population that crashed in the 1990s and remained at a low number long after that, according to anew estimatereleased Thursday by federal biologists.
The latest population estimate for endangered Cook Inlet belugas is between 290 and 386, with amedian estimate of 311, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. That compares to NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center 2018 median estimate of 279 and a range of 250 to 317 animals.
The new population estimate is based on aerial surveys conducted in the summers of 2021 and 2022.
We rented a stranger’s boat for 4 hours using the ‘Airbnb for boats.’ Our captain was great and we’d totally do it again for a special occasion.
My group of eight rented a boat and captain for four hours through Boatsetter for $1,652.
Our captain was knowledgeable and we brought our own food and drinks on board.
The experience was so fun but a little pricey so we’d only do it again for something special.
At the start of the new year, I set out to put myself and my well-being first.
Six months later, I’ve been doing just that by investing in weekly yoga and setting aside time and money for new, fun experiences. My most recent splurge was a boat rental with friends.
We set our automatic out-of-office messages, pooled our funds, and rented a captained boat for a day on the water with the online rental platform Boatsetter, which has been nicknamed the “Airbnb for boats.”See More
European sailors first reported a spike in orca encounters off the coasts of Spain and Portugal in 2020. The interactions have continued to grow ever since and are happening every day, now.
“They clearly find a lot of pleasure in these encounters,” Andrew Trites, director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia in Canada, told Insider.
But Trites isn’t talking about malicious pleasure, though it may feel like that for the people whose boats are taking a beating. Sailor Werner Schaufelberger described his encounter with orcas in May as “brutal.”
“They’re probably socializing, yucking it up with each other about their adventures without realizing the terror they’re creating in their moments of joy,” Trites said.
Trites is one of several orca experts Insider spoke with who all agree the orcas are just having a good time and probably don’t have any ill will against the boats or humans on board.
However, none of the experts Insider spoke with were convinced this was the case.
“I certainly think orcas are capable of complex emotions,” Monika Wieland Shields, director of the Orca Behavior Institute told Insider. “But we just haven’t seen anything like that anywhere else in the world. And we have given orcas plenty of reason to want to seek revenge on us.”
Shields points to the long history of humans harming the orca population, from shooting them at fisheries to the years of live captures in the ’60s and ’70s in which humans separated orca offspring from their families to display them in aquariums.
And yet, these situations haven’t resulted in wild orcas attacking boats, Shields said. Orcas in captivity have attacked and killed humans, but there are no records of orcas killing humans in the wild.
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According to Shields, orcas’ natural curiosity and playfulness are likely the cause for these encounters and not revenge.
Orcas are very social and curious animals that often engage with their environments, Shields said.
In the Salish Sea off the coast of Washington, for example, it’s not uncommon for orcas to play with crab traps, dragging them around for a few minutes or hours until they eventually lose interest, according to Shields.
“To me, that’s really similar to what’s going on in Spain,” Shields said. “It’s the same type of behavior, they might be thinking, ‘Hey, there’s this piece of equipment in my environment, I’m going to play with it for a while then move on.'”
In fact, Strager doesn’t classify these encounters as “attacks,” or attempts by the orcas to harm people and their property, but rather an example of orca exploration.
“I don’t doubt that it feels like an attack for the people on the boat,” Strager told Insider. “But from the orca’s perspective, I don’t think it’s aggressive. Just because it feels and looks very dramatic to us doesn’t mean it is dramatic for them.”
Orcas find boats stimulating
Experts agree orcas are definitely targeting sailboats, but probably because there is something stimulating and exciting about “playing” with boats that causes them to repeat the behavior and teach it to others in their pod.
According to Trites, orcas might simply enjoy the sensation of ramming into boats.
“Orcas are very tactile and sensitive to touch,” Trites told Insider. “In my research I’ve been struck by how often they touch each other and run into each other while swimming. It’s just like with humans. We need to be touched.”
Orcas might also be enticed by a boat speeding through the water and get a thrill out of chasing it, Trites said. In fact, the more people on a boat make a commotion or try to speed away, the more exciting the event is for the animal and the more likely they are to try to ram the boat again, Trites said.
“You can’t outrun a killer whale,” Trites said. “Just turn off your engine, let your rudder up, and become as boring as possible.”
Playful, or not, this behavior could put orca lives at risk
While orca experts have good reason to think the animals are just being playful, ultimately, it’s impossible to know what they’re thinking.
And this uncertainty has people feeling uneasy, especially as these encounters become more prevalent and potentially dangerous for both people and orcas.
“I think tensions are escalating,” Shields said. “And I think it’s just a matter of time before a whale gets hurt or gets killed.”
With better tracking of these incidents, hopefully, sailors can avoid high-risk areas and after enough “boring” encounters with boats, the orcas will eventually move on, Strager said.
Until then, Trites said it’s important to remember these are endangered creatures who likely aren’t out to hurt us.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal appeals court has sided with commercial fishermen who say proposed restrictions aimed at saving a vanishing species of whale could put them out of business.
The fishermen harvest lobsters and crabs off New England and oppose tough new restrictions on the way they fish that are intended to protect the North Atlantic right whale. The whale numbers only about 340 in the world and it’s vulnerable to lethal entanglement in fishing gear.
The fishermen and the state of Maine appealed their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after losing in a lower court. The appeals court said Friday it disagreed with the lower court’s ruling.
The appeals court ruling could mean that the federal government must take another stab at crafting new rules to protect the whales. The restrictions would limit where lobster fishers can fish and what kind of gear they can use to try to prevent the whales from becoming entangled in fishing ropes.
The changes would represent a potential worst-case scenario for the lobster fishing industry, wrote Douglas H. Ginsburg, the senior judge of the appeals court, in Friday’s ruling.
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“The result may be great physical and human capital destroyed, and thousands of jobs lost, with all the degradation that attends such dislocations,” Ginsburg wrote.
The fishers sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, an arm of the federal government. The service declined to comment on the lawsuit.
A district court judge ruled in September 2022 that the service used the best available data to create the new fishing restrictions. The rules are meant to reduce the likelihood that the whales will get caught in the vertical rope lines that run from the surface of the water to lobster and crab traps on the ocean floor.
Numerous conservationists have argued over the years that the trap lines pose too much of a risk to whales because even those that survive an entanglement can emerge less likely to thrive and reproduce.
“If they’ve been traumatized by ropes, and climate change, lack of food, they may wait for years to calve, maybe up to 12 years, and some never do,” said Michael Moore, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Marine Mammal Center in Massachusetts. “It’s not only about mortality, it’s also about keeping the animals that are still alive healthy and growing.”
The whales were once abundant off the East Coast, but they were decimated during the commercial whaling era. Their populations have declined in the last several years, and they also face other threats such as collisions with large ships.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and other Maine politicians have sided with the fishermen, who feel the new fishing restrictions are based on flawed data and are overly punitive. The U.S. lobster fishing industry, worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year, is based largely in the state.
“We’re facing rules that are just nonsensical,” said Dave Cousens, a lobster fishermen and past president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association. “They don’t pass a straight-face test.”
An Evergreen State sportsmen’s organization has filed a lawsuit against Governor Inslee and five of his appointees to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission and seeks to replace them with vetted and more hunter- and angler-friendly members.
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE, WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION CHAIR BARBARA BAKER AND COMMISSIONERS JOHN LEHMKUHL, TIM RAGEN, MELANIE ROWLAND AND LORNA SMITH ARE NAMED IN THE WASHINGTONIANS FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAWSUIT, FILED TODAY IN THURSTON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. (STATE OF WASHINGTON)
In court papers filed today, Washingtonians for Wildlife Conservation says that Inslee’s quintet has skewed the citizen panel out of its legislatively mandated balance, making it “heavily weighted towards members involved in environmental activism, predator conservation, and former researchers employed by governmental agencies.”
The nonprofit alliance of sportsmen’s, gun club, fishing and other groups wants the appointments of Chair Barbara Baker of Olympia and Commissioners John Lehmkuhl of Wenatchee, Tim Ragen of Anacortes, Melanie Rowland of Twisp and Lorna Smith of Port Townsend to be declared unlawful and for Governor Inslee to be ordered “to comply with his statutory duties and consult with organized representatives of hunters and fishers in selecting replacement Commissioners.”
The lawsuit was filed in Thurston County Superior Court and WWC is being represented by Lane Powell PC, a Seattle-based law firm that recently successfully sued Inslee over his appointments to another state commission.
In that case, which was resolved last December, the Governor’s Office was ordered to name two new members to the State Building Code Council after Inslee was found to have “ignored builder group recommendations and instead named two of his own picks,” according to the Associated Press. He was also ordered to pay $70,000 after one of his staffers “made a material false statement in a sworn court declaration by saying one of Inslee’s nominees had been put forward by another building trade group, when he had not,” AP reported.
This particular filing over Inslee and the Fish and Wildlife Commission in part takes issue with a number of statements some of the commissioners made before state senators during their confirmation hearings and elsewhere to illustrate their “inability to satisfy the statutory requirements for appointment and their duties as Commissioners,” which include maximizing fishing and hunting opportunities.
WWC cites Baker’s difficulty in saying the word hunting – she used “shooting things” before senators last winter.
“No sportsperson would describe harvesting game as “shooting things,” the lawsuit states.
Smith dodged a question from lawmakers about the decline in hunting in Washington and didn’t address their concerns around promoting hunting and fishing, it says, while Baker openly told senators, “Right now, we have so little truly wild areas left that we don’t need to be recruiting or retaining anybody to go out there,” words that undercut WDFW’s and conservation’s critical R3 – recruit, retain, reactivate – efforts.
And during a commission meeting, Lehmkuhl characterized cancelling the limited-entry spring black bear hunt as a “‘value issue’ about ‘what’s legitimate,’” according to the lawsuit.
It states that in appointing commissioners, Inslee is “obligated” by the Revised Codes of Washington, passed by the legislature, to maintain a balance of members that represent different interests and have been recommended by groups like WWC, but states that the governor “failed to solicit the input of any organization representing hunters and conservationists.”
That came up in early 2021 with the appointments of Smith and former commissioner Fred Koontz, and heads were scratched when Ragen, Lehmkuhl and Rowland came aboard in early 2022.
In contrast, the recent appointments of retired state and tribal biologists Woody Myers of Spokane and Stephen Parker of Yakima was termed by the Washington Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers a “step toward Commission balance and sound management of state resources” that was “heartening” to see.
Still, when Inslee installed Myers and Parker, he also “knowingly replaced a Commissioner known to represent the interests of hunters and conservationists” – Spokane’s Kim Thorburn – according to the lawsuit.
All said and done, it states “the Governor appointed a controlling majority of Commissioners who have stated that their priority is non-consumptive use and who have acknowledged hostility to expanding consumptive [opportunities], and who have cited ‘values’ not found in the statue as justifying disregarding clear statutory commands.”
Touching on RCW 77.04.020 which states in part “wildlife management in the state of Washington shall not cause a reduction of recreational opportunity for hunting and fishing activities,” the lawsuit declares the five members “not qualified to sit on the Commission and are incapable of carrying out their statutory duties.”
It asks the court to issue a judgement “determining that the Challenged Commissioners unlawfully hold their positions as Commissioners of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and should be restrained from acting in that capacity, and excluded from office in forfeit.”
Whether the lawsuit goes anywhere or not remains to be seen, but it’s another example of the hunting and fishing world taking pages out of preservationists’ thick courtroom playbook.
In another case filed this year, Commissioner Smith is being sued by the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation for concurrently serving on a county planning commission. She’s being represented on the taxpayer’s dime; a Governor’s Office spokesman said they believed her county position wasn’t a disqualifying one, but a ruling is expected later this month.
In this hook-and-bullet reporter’s recollection, and outside of the ever-litigious Wild Fish Conservancy, it didn’t used to be like this with the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. In the not too terribly distant past, a lot of decisions members made were unanimous and things were far, far less acrimonious.
But there appears to be a lot more to play for and a lot more at stake as predator advocates increasingly used the courts and Inslee to attack WDFW management, and recently agitators got state lawmakers to use a Ruckelhaus Center review of the agency in hopes of “reforming” it, i.e., possibly creating a new mandate. Meanwhile, Baker et al are pushing a controversial new draft Conservation Policy for WDFW that has tribal comanagers and venerable organizations like Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation sounding alarms.
It’s not very pretty, I’m not really a huge fan of any of it, but in today’s world it is what it is.
And that is going to have to be all the time I have for this tonight.
In this article, we will take a look at the 10 vegan stocks billionaires are purchasing. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of the industry and its growth prospects, go to the 5 Vegan Stocks Billionaires Are Loading Up On.
Vegan food refers to food that is free from any animal products or by-products, including meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, honey, and other animal-derived ingredients. Veganism is a lifestyle and dietary choice that aims to avoid animal exploitation and promote ethical, environmental, and health considerations. According to Statista, the size of the global plant-based food industry is set to compound at an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.6% from a size of $29.4 billion in 2020 to $161.9 billion by the end of this decade. The rapid increase in the growth of the global vegan food industry has been associated with several potential health benefits, including a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. Furthermore, the growth of the lactose-intolerant population is anticipated to provide a boost to the global vegan food industry in North America and Europe as consumers are looking for alternative products. On the other hand, increased awareness regarding animal rights, an increase in disposable incomes, and evolving lifestyles are seen to be the key growth drivers in the Asian Pacific region. According to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), people who adopt vegan food have a higher life expectancy as opposed to people who live on a meat-based diet. As a result, health-conscious customers are adopting vegan food, benefiting the leading plant-based food stocks.
In addition to this, the higher emergence of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, avian influenza (bird flu), Ebola Virus Disease, and Lyme in recent times has accelerated the switch towards vegan food and boosted the popularity of vegan ETF. The US Vegan Climate ETF (VGEN) holds the distinction of being the first fund to focus on vegan investments. The changing preferences are also playing in favour of notable plant-based penny stocks such as Tattooed Chef, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTCF) and Komo Plant Based Foods Inc. (OTC:KOMOF). According to Euromonitor, around 40% of consumers around the world are limiting the consumption of animal-based foods as of 2021. Vegan food is also attributed to having a lower carbon footprint compared to animal-based food. Livestock farming, especially cattle, is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. As per the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), global livestock is responsible for generating 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
Innovation in the Vegan Food Market
The positive outlook of the vegan food industry can be comprehended by the rising popularity of plant-based fast food restaurant chains like Slutty Vegan. The venture was started in a ghost kitchen in Atlanta, Georgia, by entrepreneur Pinky Cole in early 2018. Within a few months, Slutty Vegan established its physical presence by opening up a food truck. Soon after, it opened its first permanent location in the Big Peach and has now expanded its footprint to Brooklyn, Gwinnett, and Dallas. The business has been able to raise $25 million in series A funding at a valuation of $100 million. The restaurant has gained a significant following for its delicious vegan comfort food. The name “Slutty Vegan” is meant to challenge stereotypes and redefine the perception of vegan food. The menu at the restaurant features a variety of plant-based burgers.
Furthermore, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based retail giant Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) also launched a private label brand called Good and Gather, targeted towards vegan food consumers. The brand provides a variety of plant-based products that are clearly labelled as vegan or plant-based. These include items such as fresh fruits and vegetables, plant-based milk alternatives, vegan snacks, canned goods, grains, and more. The brand has grown its annual sales to more than $2 billion in a brief period since its launch in 2019. Some of the best vegan stocks capitalizing on the expanding industry include Kellogg Company (NYSE:K), Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM).
10 Vegan Stocks Billionaires Are Loading Up On
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Our Methodology
We used Insider Monkey’s exclusive database of billionaire-owned stocks to shortlist the best vegan stocks with the highest number of billionaire investors as of the first quarter of the year. We have included companies with significant exposure to the vegan food industry. The best vegan stocks have been ranked in ascending order of the number of billionaires holding a stake in them. We have also included information regarding the total number of hedge fund investors in these companies as of Q1 2023.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) is a Boulder, Colorado-based food company that is heavily focused on producing and selling a wide range of natural and organic food products, including plant-based snacks, dairy alternatives, and other vegan-friendly food items.
In a note issued to investors on May 10, Brian Holland at TD Cowen assigned The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) stock a target price of $22 along with an Outperform rating. Experts believe that the appointment of Wendy Davidson as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) in January 2023 has been beneficial for the corporation. Davidson’s extensive consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience has helped The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) streamline its operations more efficiently.
Madison Funds shared its stance on one of the best vegan stocks in its Q4 2022 investor letter. Here’s what the firm said:
“Stock selection was the poorest for us in this sector. Two stocks in particular – The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Scott’s Miracle-Gro (SMG) – while big winners for us in 2020 and 2021, hurt the portfolio in 2022.
While both companies were so-called COVID beneficiaries (businesses that benefited from consumers staying home and spending on their homes during COVID), we felt they possessed certain additional drivers that would maintain their fundamentals into 2022 and beyond. Hain, for example, has a strong portfolio of organic health and wellness brands that target a higher-end demographic. As strong as their brands are, there is ample room for growth. Put simply, there are channels of distribution like Costco and Walgreens that their brands don’t currently serve, but we believe eventually will. Furthermore, we believed HAIN’s portfolio had pricing power to pull them through this inflationary period.
While we were largely correct on both counts, we underestimated the challenges they faced in their European business (40% of revenue), which overshadowed their success in North America. Entering 2022, HAIN’s stock had just hit a 5-year high of $45. However, the good times were short-lived as Russia invaded Ukraine early in 2022, sending energy prices materially higher in Europe. Although HAIN has a #1 or #2 market share in their brand categories, they could not withstand the economic shock from the war. The pressures on Hain’s European business came from multiple fronts: Rising energy prices skyrocketed their manufacturing and transportation costs. Essential ingredients for their products, like sunflower oil, became scarce as Ukraine is a key exporter of grains. The pressure on energy prices exacerbated an already weakened U.K. consumer due to BREXIT. And finally, the structure of the grocery market in the U.K. led to a delay in price increases. All of these factors weighed heavily on earnings and cash flow. Although we reduced our position size in the early summer, the stock took considerable punishment. As we enter the new year, HAIN’s European business has stabilized considerably. Natural Gas prices have meaningfully corrected, bringing relief not just to their costs but to the U.K. consumer.”
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH) is a Boca Raton, Florida-based company that specializes in the production and distribution of fitness and energy drinks. The company has a portfolio of vegan-friendly products that are kosher and sugar-free as well.
On June 2, Peter Grom at UBS increased the price target on Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH) stock from $130 to $160 and reiterated a Buy rating. The analyst sees Celsius Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CELH) next phase of growth to be driven by international markets.
As of Q1 2023, 8 billionaire investors held a stake worth over $97.8 million in one of the best vegan stocks.
Dollar Value of Billionaire Holdings: $200,652,737
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 12
National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:FIZZ) is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based beverage company that owns various popular brands like LaCroix, Shasta, and Faygo. The LaCroix line of sparkling water products is vegan, and its ingredients include carbonated water and natural flavours without any animal-derived ingredients. Meanwhile, some of the Shasta and Faygo soda flavours are vegan as well.
Of the 943 hedge funds in Insider Monkey’s database, 12 funds reported owning a stake in National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:FIZZ) at the end of Q1 2023. National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:FIZZ) has secured eighth place on our list of the best vegan stocks billionaires are purchasing.
MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI) is an Atchison, Kansas-based company that produces and supplies various food and beverage ingredients, including alcohol, proteins, starches, and other speciality ingredients. MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI) primarily focuses on supplying ingredients to other manufacturers and businesses. The company’s Proterra series is a line of plant-based proteins that replicate the feeling of consuming meat when rehydrated. The product line is kosher-certified and produced from non-genetically modified organisms (GMO) wheat.
MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI) is also considered one of the best vegan stocks to buy, as 9 billionaire investors reported owning a stake in the company at the end of Q1 2023.
Dollar Value of Billionaire Holdings: $109,687,892
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 37
Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) is a Chesterfield, Missouri-based agribusiness and food processing company involved in the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products. Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) operates in various sectors of the food industry but is primarily known for its involvement in the sourcing and processing of agricultural commodities such as grains, oilseeds, and sugar. The company offers various plant-based proteins that are derived from canola, faba, pea, and soy and considers faba protein as an ideal ingredient for vegan cheese brands.
In addition to Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG), Kellogg Company (NYSE:K), Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) are also among the best vegan stocks billionaires are purchasing.
A technician of the National Service of Health, Safety and Agrifood Quality (Senasica) holds a dead bird while the Mexican government investigates the death of hundreds of birds on the Pacific coast, in Mexico with an undisclosed location, in this undated handout picture released on June 10, 2023. Mexican Government/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
MEXICO CITY, June 15 (Reuters) – The deaths of hundreds of wild birds along Mexico’s Pacific coast were likely caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, local authorities said on Thursday, as the country and its surrounding oceans face an intense heat wave.
Some 300 wild birds of various species were found dead over the weekend along the coasts of Mexico’s western states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacan, Jalisco, Sonora and Baja California Sur.
Previous research estimated that, between 1993 to 2010, humans pumped more than 2 trillion tons of groundwater. That water flowed to cities and farms before emptying out to sea, raising global sea levels by around a quarter of an inch, the study suggested.
New research finds evidence of this shift in the changing position of the Earth’s rotational pole — the point around which the planet spins. Comparing a computer model of the rotational pole with observed changes in its position, scientists found that the pole’s recent drift could not be fully explained without the effect of groundwater pumping.
From 1993 to 2010, they determined, humans redistributed enough water to move the rotational pole roughly 31 inches. The findings were published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
“I’m very glad to find the unexplained cause of the rotation pole drift,” Ki-Weon Seo, a geophysicist at Seoul National University and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “On the other hand, as a resident of Earth and a father, I’m concerned and surprised to see that pumping groundwater is another source of sea-level rise.”
A younger bear crosses Mikfik Creek as it runs from a large male brown bear in the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary on the Alaska Peninsula. (Bob Hallinen /Anchorage Daily News)
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