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202522 minGdocumentary

animals wildlife-conservation biodiversity natural-disasters family-dynamics

A Beary Long Winter

202522 minGdocumentary

During an exceptionally harsh winter at a wildlife shelter, a bear cub suffers a severe injury while moose calves face bullying and predation, leading to one calf's disappearance.

animals wildlife-conservation biodiversity natural-disasters family-dynamics

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Channel: Go Wild

A Beary Long Winter

2025• 22 minG

Synopsis

During an exceptionally harsh winter at a wildlife shelter, a bear cub suffers a severe injury while moose calves face bullying and predation, leading to one calf's disappearance.

Synopsis

During the shelter's longest snowiest winter ever, one cub loses half its foot, while the shyest cub battles the greediest for her dinner. The shelters' moose calves are bullied by large adult moose and hounded by predators. Then one of the moose calves goes missing.

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