Elusive bear wanders Ruhnu Island
May 24, 2006
By Joel Alas
TALLINN - The tiny island of Ruhnu is normally home to just 60 people, but this spring the locals are making room for a new resident – a 150 kilogram brown bear. Since arriving in Estonia via an ice floe from Latvia, the bear has become somewhat of a national celebrity. Both nations have followed the bear’s epic journey since he was first sited in the Gulf of Riga stranded on a floating ice burg. Hope was almost lost that the bear would land safely when he disappeared into a thick fog.A few ...
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