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Memories of Hope

"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale..." H Hope--for bear populations everywhere, including endangered species around the world O Opportunity--to learn what bears are really like P Progress--toward correcting misconceptions and changing attitudes E Education--about bear life Hope was a part of a rare mixed litter black bear family. This family of Black Bears are a mother, Lily ~ a female yearling, HOPE ~ a female cub, Faith and ~ a male cub, Jason who joined Rainbows Bridge on April 12, 2011. This is rare in the world of black bears as they normally only reproduce every other year. HOPE was the first born and single cub litter of Lily the Black Bear in 2010. These bears live in the wild, in their own natural habitat and we were privileged to watch their birth via live web cam and microphone thanks to Dr. Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Researchers for the Wildlife Research Institute in Ely, Minnesota. "As we come to grips with the loss of Hope, we are mainly thankful for her life. She brought people together to learn about black bears. She was part of the biggest worldwide bear education project we know. She has changed the attitudes of thousands, perhaps millions, through the internet and documentaries. Her death is a tragedy. There is so much more we all could have learned. Her death is a blow to science, education, the region, and us, including all of you. But it is not the end..." Dr. Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield Hope's light shines ETERNAL. "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan." ~ Irving Townsend "When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." ~ Kahlil Gibran "I hear you, kind souls, who walk above my resting place with such heavy steps. I hear you whisper my name with tear's gentle echo in your voice. I am not with you there in that sheltering land but I am not far away. I am close in a soft memory, in the random dash of the butterfly and the swoop of the bird. I am just out of sight beyond the hill, just out of hearing past the sigh of the wind. My steps are light and my spirit is free, there are no fences where I walk and the grapes grow wild and sweet. I do not walk alone, dear souls, for your love is all around me and my sisters sing my name." by Ruth Pullen, Flint, MI HOPE ~ THE FINAL DAYS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEf26c2gYwc&feature=share Tribute to Hope in Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1379701@N23/discuss/72157627635001985/ North American Bear Center: http://www.bear.org/website/ Wildlife Research Institute: http://www.bearstudy.org/website/ Protect Minnesota Radio Collared Research Bears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZySstcufgE Remembering Hope: http://hopetheblackbear.blogspot.com/ Goodbye for Now Hope by Randy Repichowski: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7M_m9_CCVI&feature=slpl ~HOPE~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlqtJjC7gos&list=FLRDbB-cFuug1Gy2IWidHjIA&feature=mh_lolz Please also visit Jason and Sarah.

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