I’ve often wondered how the third rescued Kodiak bear cubs was doing and where he was located to after he left the Zoo in Alaska. I recently found a news article written about the third Kodiak cub. The third cub is named Dodge and is living at the Toledo Zoo and has bonded with two female grizzlies. The link to the news article is attached below.
Tag Archive: Kodiak Bear Cubs
Munsey and Boda celebrated their first birthday at Wildwood Zoo on Feb. 21 st 2016. Here’s a link to a video clip on the birthday celebration. On March 3rd I was contacted by Nate Svoboda requesting a donation of photographs and video coverage of the rescued Kodiak bear cubs. I selected a few photographs from each of the days that I had documented the bears and also sent Nate names of other important people that played a vital part in creating the JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit and the Floyd & Pat Hamus Bridge and woodland exhibit area. Nate will use the information to create educational signage for the Kodiak Bear Exhibit and possibly an educational video for the Marshfield Wildwood Zoo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyowjs3grQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC03I-m9S_ZjduXjuIvczM5Q/videos
I’ve been working on creating a book that documents the growth and activities of Munsey and Boda through photographic images. The sample copies of the my book arrived this week and in the near future I’ll begin to market the books to local area business establishments. Most of the 37 full color photographs have dates watermarked in the image or indicated in the text written on the page. I’m working a few alternative books/magazines and hope to have those ready and for sale in the next month. Each of the greeting card has a different image of Munsey and Boda and on the backside of each card offers information about Munsey and Boda. A total of six different photographic images make up this first set of greeting cards. I created a Munsey and Boda Gift Basket for the Wood County Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization for their Bowl For Kids Sake Fundraising Event held on Saturday Feb. 27th in Marshfield. 
I’ve altered a few of my colored photographs into black and white. This will help me better distinguish the shadows, highlights and gradation throughout the drawings. At this point I plan on drawing the Kodiak Bear Cubs using charcoal but I might use some cont’e chalk.
This morning I spent a few hours photographing Munsey and Boda. When I arrived at Wildwood Park and Zoo, the bears were inside eating while the zoo staff cleaned the outside habitat area. I spent 30 minutes photographing a few of the other zoo animals, hoping that Munsey and Boda would make an appearance during my zoo visit. So, I was thrilled to see the cubs emerge from their man made den this morning. I spent almost two hours photographing the cubs play tag, hunt for their hidden treats and wrestle with each other in the snow. I was hoping that I’d catch the cubs outside because I hadn’t hadn’t seen them in almost three weeks. I had become so accustomed to seeing the cubs almost every day that those three weeks felt like three years. I would have continued to take more photographs for another hour but my fingertips began to hurt from being exposed to the elements. I’ve posted a few photographs from this mornings visit at the zoo.
The Kodiak Cub Bear project continues, as I’ve begun sifting through almost a thousand photographs that I’ve taken of Munsey and Boda since they arrived in late October of 2015 . Since late October through November and into early December of 2015 I spent 10 hours a week observing and photographing the cubs at Wildwood Park and Zoo in Marshfield WI. I felt that it was vital to dedicate as many hours as possible document the cubs as they were adjusting to their new habitat and observe the cubs they interacted with each other. I’ve also spent many hours contacting as many people involved in rescuing the Kodiak Bear Cubs and share some of the photographs of the cubs. I plan on creating artwork that will be both visually interesting to the viewer’s eye but also educational and provide some financial support dedicated to the cubs through the sales of my artwork.
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