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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
THE BEAR NECESSITIES
Mississippi Bear Populations Expand in Recent Years
story by John N. Felsher
photos courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
President Theodore Roosevelt visited Mississippi in 1902 to hunt bears and created a legend. Since the president found few bears, his guide captured a small one and tied it to a tree. The consummate sportsman, Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear on a rope. Reporters accompanying the expedition documented the incident, leading a toymaker to create a stu ed version of “Teddy’s bear,” which continues to delight children more than a century later.
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