Conference Proceedings
 
1. Advancing Bear Care 2009, Program and Proceedings. November 6th – 8th 2009. 
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2. BIERZS 2007 Bear Information Exchange for Rehabilitators, Zoos & 
    Sanctuaries, Program and Abstracts. August 24th – 26th 2007. 
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3. Advancing Bear Care 2011, Program and Proceedings. October 6th - 9th 2011
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Behavior

Rog J, Lukas KE. 2009. Identifying motivational factors underlying stereotypic pacing in a female sun bear (Helarctos malayanus). Poster: Advancing Bear Care 2009. San Francisco: The Bear Care Group.  Downloadable Version

Stringham S. 2009. Ursid ethogram project, Bear Viewing Association, Advancing Bear Care 2009, San Francisco: The Bear Care Group.  Downloadable Version

Denning

Fenwick C. 2009. Behavior-based bear husbandry for winter denning: a practical application at Fortress of the Bear, Sitka, AK, Animal Keepers’ Forum, 36(11)482-486. Downloadable Version

Fenwick C. 2011. Regulation of American Black Bear Rehabilitation in the United States, Final Thesis, Charles Town, West Virginia.  Downloadable Version
            
Enrichment

Babitz M. 2009. Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) enrichment and training at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Advancing Bear Care 2009, San Francisco: The Bear Care Group. Downloadable Version

Ontogeny

Babitz M, Barnes T. 2009. An investigation of sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) cub development. Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Advancing Bear Care 2009, San Francisco: The Bear Care Group Downloadable Version

Stringham S. 2009. Ursid ontogenetic responses to variations in nutrition and adult male abundance, Bear Viewing Association, Advancing Bear Care 2009, San Francisco: The Bear Care Group  Downloadable Version

Animal Training Bibliography 

The Animal Training Committee of The American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.
http://aazk.org/wp-content/uploads/training_enrichment_bibliography.pdf

Binney A., Kezer K. 2010. Building Bridges: How to Select, Condition and Use a Bridging Stimulus. Animal Keepers’ Forum 37(3): pp. 117-120 Downloadable Version

Hartnell-Denardo J. 2009. Training Tools on a Budget. Animal Keepers’ Forum 36(7):pp. 301-304 
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Pratte J. 2004. The Four Faces of Operant Conditioning. Animal Keeper’s Forum. 31(11): pp. 464-466. Downloadable Version

Pratte J.  2010. Training bears for voluntary blood collection, Animal Keepers’ Forum. 37(6): pp. 281-288. Downloadable Version

Pratte J. 2010. “I Said “Exit Stage LEFT” You Idiot!” (Or, Is Your Cue Really Telling Your Subject What You Think It Is?). Animal Keepers’ Forum. 36(9):4.
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Pratte J. 2011. Basic Bear Training Techniques. Omaha, NE: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. p 10. Downloadable Version 

Pratte J., Binney A. 2005. Don't Shoot the Keeper: A Practical Guide to Training Your Co-Workers. AAZK Animal Training Committe. Dowloadable Version
           
Field N. 2012.  Voluntary Blood Draw Asiatic Black Bears, Animals Asia China Bear Rescue Centre Downloadable Version 


Veterinary

Babitz, M. A keeper’s point of view of deslorelin contraceptive use with 0.2 sloth bears (Melursus ursinus). Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Advancing Bear Care ’09, San Francisco, Nov 2009.

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 Suggested Reading

Among the Bears – Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild. Benjamin Kilham and
Ed Gray, 2002. A John Macrae Book, Henry Holt and Company, pp 289.

Bear Attacks – Their Causes and Avoidance. Stephen Herrero, 2003.
McCelland & Stewart Ltd. pp 282.

Beauty Within the Beats – Kinship with Bears in Alaska. Stephen Stringham, 2002. Seven Locks Press, pp 287.

Don’t Shoot the Dog – The New Art of Teaching and Training. Karen Pryor,
1999. A Bantam Trade Paperback – Nonfiction, pp 202.

Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals. Laurie Gage, 2002. Iowa State
Press, pp 279.

Kinship to Mastery – Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development.
Stephen R. Kellert, 1997. A Shearwater Book, Island Press, pp 256.

Management Guidelines for Bears and Raccoons, Partridge, J. editor. 1992. Bristol, UK: The Association of British Wild Animal Keepers, pp 174

Meant To Be Wild: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding. Jan DeBlieu 1993. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, pp 302 

Pleasurable Kingdom – Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good. Jonathan
Balcombe, 2006. Macmillan, pp 274.

Polar Bears. Ian Stirling, 1998. The University of Michigan Press, pp 220.

Polar Bears: A Natural History of a Threatened Species. Ian Stirling, 2011.  Fitzhenry & Whiteside Press. pp 331.

Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Shepherdson DJ, Mellen JD, Hutchins M, editors. Hutchins M, Maple TL, Andrews C, series editors. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp 350.

Smiling Bears - A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of
Bears. Else Poulsen, 2009. Greystone Publishing, pp 272.

Stereotypic Animal Behaviour – Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare,
2nd Edition. Edited by G. Mason and J. Rushen, 2006. CAB International,
pp 367.

The Emotional Lives of Animals – A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy,
Sorrow and Empathy – and Why They Matter. Marc Bekoff (author), Jane
Goodall (forward), 2007. New World Library, pp 244.

The Shape of Enrichment Journal – A Quarterly Source of ideas for
Enrichment - Subscribe at http://www.enrichment.org/. 

Walking with the Bears – One Man’s Relationship with Three Generations of
Wild Bears. Terry D. Debruyn, 1999. The Lyons Press, pp 248.

Wild Animals in Captivity – an Outline of the Biology of Zoological
Gardens. H. Hediger, 1950. Butterworths Scientific Publications, pp 207.

Wild Health – How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn
From Them. Cindy Engel, 2002. Houghton Mifflin Company, pp 276.

Winter World – the Ingenuity of Animal Survival. Bernd Heinrich, 2003.
Harper Collins Books, pp 347.

Journal Articles

Cicnjak L, Huber D, Roth HU, Ruff RL, Vinovrski Z. 1987. Food habits of brown bears in Plitvice Lakes National Park, Yugoslavia. Bears: Their Biology and Management 7:221-226. (abstract) 

Clark JD, Huber D, Servheen C. 2002. Bear Reintroductions: Lessons and Challenges:  Ursus 13:335-345. (abstract) 

Durham K, Hawes J. 1997. From unformed to unmanageable: Hand raising a Malayan sun bear. Neonatal Symposium-ZSSD. San Diego, CA. (PDF)
 

Edwards MS. 1997. Preliminary observations of a revised formula for hand-rearing a Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus): days 0-75 Neonatal Symposium-ZSSD. San Diego, CA. (PDF) 

Hedberg GE, Derocher AE, Andersen M, Rogers QR, DePeters EJ, Lönnerdal B, Mazzaro L, Chesney RW, Hollis B. 2011. Milk composition in free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus) as a model for captive rearing milk formula. Zoo Biology, 30: 550-565. doi: 10.1002/zoo.20375 (abstract)
 

Hedberg GE, Dierenfeld ES, Chesney RW, Rogers QR. 2009. Speculations on pathogenesis of metabolic bone disease in captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with links to taurine status In: Clauss M, Fidgett A, Huisman T, Jansen G, Nijboer J, editors. Zoo Animal Nutrition IV. Fürth, Germany: Filander Verlag. p 87-97. (abstract)
 

Huber D. 2010. Rehabilitation and reintroduction of captive-reared bears: feasibility and methodology for European brown bears (Ursus arctos). International Zoo Yearbook 44(1):47-54. (abstract) 

Huber D, Dabanovic V, Kusac J, Frkovic A. Reintroduction of hand-reared brown bears into the wild:experiences, problems, chances. In: Dorrestein GM, Kahraman MM, editors; 1994 May 31- June 5; Bursa, Turkey. p 179-184.

Huber D, Kulier I, Poljak A, Devčić-Kuhar B. 1993. Food intake and mass gain of hand-reared brown bear cubs. Zoo Biology 12(6):525-533. (abstract)
 

Jenness R, Erickson AW, Craighead JJ. 1972. Some Comparative Aspects of Milk from Four Species of Bears. Journal of Mammalogy 53(1):34-47. (abstract) 

Resources

1. Andean Bears

Spectacled Bear Conservation

2. Bear Ecotourism

Bear Viewing Association

3. Bear Rehabilitators

Island Wildlife Natural Care Center

North Island Wildlife Recovery Association

Northern Lights Wildlife Society

Wildlife Haven Ranch

Woodlands Wildlife Rescue

4. Bear Sanctuaries

Indigo Mountain Nature Center

Peace River Refuge & Ranch

Safe Haven Rescue Zoo

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

5. Bear Welfare and Conservation

Animals Asia Foundation AAF

Bear Matters

International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA

World Society for the Protection of Animals WSPA

6. Behavior Management

Active Environments

7. Education & Research

North American Bear Center

Carnivore Ecology & Conservation

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

Wisconsin Black Bear Center

8. Enclosure Design

Large Bear Enclosures

9. Enrichment

The Shape of Enrichment 
 
10. Neonatal Care

Gail Hedberg, RVT

11. Polar Bears

Polar Bears International

12. Social Behavior

National Geographic Channel

13. Sun Bears

Bornean Sun Bear Conservation

14. Veterinary Hospitals

Route 140 Veterinary Hospital