Fern, a rescued Grizzly Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) at the Woodland Park Zoo, spends the afternoon in the very serious pursuit of eating black berries while soaking in the habitatâ€⠢s pool. While she soaked to escape the heat of the day, she diligently stripped each berry from the plants provided as enrichment, which was exactly what she would do in the wild. Grizzly Bears are listed as threatened in the lower 48 states, and a recent push by Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho to move control of bear management to the state level has been favorably received by the Department of the Interior. This has raised alarm bells with conservation groups, as they argue it would be a fundamental shift in - ZUMAsr6_ 20260813_znp_sr6_001

August 13, 2026, Seattle, Washington, USA: Fern, a rescued Grizzly Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) at the Woodland Park Zoo, spends the afternoon in the very serious pursuit of eating black berries while soaking in the habitatâ€⠢s pool. While she soaked to escape the heat of the day, she diligently stripped each berry from the plants provided as enrichment, which was exactly what she would do in the wild. Grizzly Bears are listed as threatened in the lower 48 states, and a recent push by Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho to move control of bear management to the state level has been favorably received by the Department of the Interior. This has raised alarm bells with conservation groups, as they argue it would be a fundamental shift in - ZUMAsr6_ 20260813_znp_sr6_001