The website for "A Grizzly Experience," a Collier County-based entertainment and educational show featuring grizzly bears. One of the show's 1-year-old grizzly cubs got lost in Golden Gate Estates.
Authorities continued to look for an escaped grizzly bear cub Wednesday in Golden Gate Estates with little luck.
After a day of searching for 125-pound Booboo, a domesticated cub that got loose from its licensed owners Tuesday morning, officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were trying to confirm a few reported sightings of the cub, said Capt. Mitts Mravic.
"We've had a couple calls but we have not been able to confirm what type of bear it was," he said. "We do have black bears in the area … but we're looking for a brown bear."
Search teams tried to trail the bear's scent but lost the tracks, Mravic said. Instead of pursuing Booboo with helicopters and officers on horseback, as was Tuesday's plan, officials were working on quieter search tactics so as not to scare the bear.
Authorities also put out food — vegetables, molasses and marshmallows — and the cub's brother, Yogi, who was placed in a cage, in hopes of attracting Booboo, Mravic said.
It's unclear how far the cub could travel on its own, although search teams were canvassing the area near its owners' home on 43rd Avenue Northeast, officials said.
Anyone with information on the bear's whereabouts is asked to call the FWC's Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922).
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Comments » 24
Creep writes:
Bring in Tarzan, when my giraffe got loose he was a huge help in his return and he left Jane at my house during the search
thomasginger1 writes:
Yoo Hoo Boo Boo!
Davidh239 writes:
He won't be able to resist a picnic basket.
ochopeeapeman writes:
I am the best tracker in the world,Why has no one called me.I get no respect in my own home town.Yet I am in demand world wide.Tracking is my life its what I do.
beetlejuice writes:
Adji is still out there
keep searching for bear
dumb
sunburnt writes:
somebody out there is probably enjoying grizzly tacos right now.
OP writes:
So, why are you in here instead of out there looking? You need an engraved invitation or something?
alexrock writes:
How do I become a licensed grizzly bear owner?
savethewhalz writes:
Show us your stuff, best tracker in the world. Go find the find the juvenile grizzly and return it to the demented owner(s). Before a truck splatters the cub on the road.
alexrock writes:
Oh, no, I want to get a license to own a Great White instead. Do I need a license for that?
If I take my Great White for walks on the beach, do I need to bring those little bags to pick up after it?
bluffguy writes:
Tastes like chicken !
Localmotion writes:
Hey! Booboo!
Localmotion writes:
So then Mr. Tracker. Where the He11 is Skunkape!
ochopeeapeman writes:
Law enforcement knows were to find me,I do not just show up without an invitation.This past week I was tracking in big cypress an cast some outstanding prints of a great ape.
ochopeeapeman writes:
There are as meny as seven skunkapes living S.W. Florida at this time.
Localmotion writes:
Catch um!
ochopeeapeman writes:
local tribe leaders have asked me to stand down,I must respect there wishes at this time.
jvic47 writes:
That bear won't get into my development without ID!
Z07 writes:
First, you must have more money than brains.
Klaatu writes:
Next time my cat get out I'll expect the same response and resources to be used to find her !
savethewhalz writes:
I doubt authorities will look for your lost cat. Unless kitty was a hungry and confused quasi-domesticated 125# wild animal who could kill or at least seriously maim an adult human. Pet grizzly bear?
Redshoulderedhawk writes:
Let's hope some small-membered gun-enthusiast doesn't shoot it to feel manly.
Klaatu writes:
She's really tough, she is a former ally Cat!
savethewhalz writes:
In that case, I retract my comment.
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