"WHY SO SAD?" 

Grizzly Bear (Male) - Kananaskas, Alberta, CA

Remembering Bear #148

This grizzly bear was photographed early this summer, late in the evening. It was a huge silver tip grizzly and from its size and weight, was most definitely male.

The look was actually from a pause in the grazing but its eyes do hold so much expression.

If anyone has been viewing the local news, you could not miss the very sad story of Grizzly Bear #148, (female) who had been relocated earlier this year (because of its tendency to approach people) from the Canmore area to an area north of Jasper. It is believed at sometime, it crossed the Alberta border into British Columbia after a heavy snowfall in search of food, where it was legally killed by a hunter. Grizzly bears are currently protected in Alberta but not British Columbia.

"Why So Sad?" will soon be available in a 16 inch X 20 inch canvas wrap, as a Limited Edition of 150. $10.00 from the sale of each canvas wrap will be donated to the CPAWS (Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society) - Southern Chapter for their Grizzly Bear Campaign. See link below. Postcards of the photo will also be available and $0.20 per postcard will also be donated to the campaign.

Release date and locations where the wraps and postcards can be purchased will be posted after Thanksgiving weekend.

http://cpaws-southernalberta.org/campaigns/grizzly-bears