Comments on: Andean Bear Symposium

By: Russ Van Horn

Russ Van Horn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:01 +0000

Hi Nancy,
I’m not sure why so much time elapsed between the first and second symposiums. I suspect, though, that one reason for the delay was that the first symposium was smaller, and mostly organized and attended by North Americans, working with captive bears. If only a few of the critical people found themselves too busy to organize a follow-up symposium during the following years, then the momentum would be lost.
We’re planning to continue our investigation into hair loss among captive Andean bears. One of our hypotheses is that the hair loss is linked to stress, but we’re still collecting data to test this idea, and identify the source(s) of the stress.

By: max

max — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:53:02 +0000

i love houdini and tommy

By: nancy from michigan

nancy from michigan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:39:43 +0000

thanks for an interesting post! it’s funny that with so much interest and research going on about the andean bear, that it has been 20-years since the last symposiam. why do you think that happened? probably because no one bothered to organize a meeting of the minds and researchers. maybe no one realized how much interest was actually out there!!! anyway, the ice is now broken, and you can pool your research and ideas…………! it is funny that in captivity they loose their hair. I have seen this, and it looks kind of wierd. stress related possibly? keep us up-dated okay? bye, nancy