The Spirit Bear

·In British Columbia, it is illegal to hunt the Spirit Bear.

· The Spirit Bear, like most black bears, weighs about half a pound when born and generally between 150-300 pounds when fully grown.

· Spirit bears, like most black bears, are omnivores. They eat berries, nuts, fruits, roots, grasses and other plants, insects, deer and moose fawns, carrion and, during the salmon season from late summer through fall, spawning salmon.

· They are usually solitary, except females with offspring. Males keep large home ranges overlapping with smaller ranges of several females.

·Females reach sexual maturity at three to four years of age. Mating takes place during the summer months, with gestation taking about 220 days born in their mother’s winter den in January or February, and are weaned at about eight months, but may remain with their mother for up to a year-and-a-half, when she is ready to mate again.

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http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2006AL0002-000066-Attachment3.htm