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WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Published September 18Tensions and solutions followed 2024 bear deaths in Old Forge
In the height of summer tourism season in 2024, a family of bears was euthanized in the heart of an Adirondack hamlet. WAMC's Andrew Waite spoke with Adirondack Explorer reporter Brianna Kimmel about the tensions — and solutions — that followed.
Adirondack Almanack
Published September 02What Old Forge residents learned from the public euthanization of a bear family
How an Aug. 2024 incident that resulted in the deaths of a sow and two cubs turned a town into animal advocates.