Meet Black Bear Conservationist Ben Kilham of the Kilham Bear Center in Lyme, New Hampshire

Dogs aren’t man’s only best friend. In this season 6 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 605), we are in Lyme, New Hampshire, to meet Ben Kilham of the Kilham Bear Center, a rehabilitation center for, you guessed it, black bears. Ben’s path to bear rehabilitation was bred from his love for nature and innate interest in carnivorous mammals. He started working as a wildlife rehabilitator but fell in love with black bears when local wildlife conservers gave him cubs in need. Since then, Ben has worked as a scientist studying bear social behavior to best rehabilitate abandoned cubs or injured bears. He hopes his findings will educate the general population so future generations will come to understand bears, not fear them.

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