Last week was a series of warm days, so the roof of the animal house had completely melted snow and was soaked with water.

The temperature has dropped on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and the snow has become hard.

When I looked inside Kouta's room, I noticed that snow had fallen near his bed, and I decided to remove it because if it stayed like this, the straw would get wet and take away the bear's body heat.

　← Mr. Kota

Kota stepped out of the room into the chute, took a few slow steps, sniffed the ground and the door, then put his front paws on the wall and slowly stood up. Although his movements were slow, he firmly stood up on two legs and rubbed his back against the wall...

He rubbed his back and seemed to be doing well.

As for my physique, the unevenness of my spine was noticeable due to the loss of subcutaneous fat, and I got the impression that I had gotten smaller overall.

Up until now, even after going out to shoot, he had a ``sleepy Manako'' look with eyes that seemed to say, ``I want to go to my room and sleep early.'' But looking at Kota today, his eyes were steady and made me feel that the end of his winter confinement was drawing near.

After checking on Kota, we went into the room and worked to remove the snow.

The true nature of the snow was frost clinging to the ceiling.

← The ceiling is completely covered in white frost.

It seems that the frost has flaked off due to the rise in temperature.

Add a new straw and take Kota back into the room.

Kota waited patiently for the door to open, and as soon as he entered the room, he started fiddling with the straw.

It feels like there is less snowfall this year than usual.

Since the temperature is warmer, wild individuals may be able to wake up from winter hibernation sooner.

Bears are probably looking forward to spring after a long winter.

What does the outside world look like when a cub born in a den sees it for the first time?

During the season when bears come out of their dens and become active, there are inevitably more encounters and accidents with humans.

In order for the bears to enjoy another year of spring, we must follow the rules and maintain a good relationship with the bears.

In our daily lives, we may not have much time to think about the bears that live in the mountains, but I felt that it would be great if each of us could think about how to help them live in Hokkaido's nature forever.

[Breeding: Ito]