Brutus (bear)

Brutus, also called Brutus the Bear, was a bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) who was adopted as a newborn cub by the naturalist Casey Anderson, star of the National Geographic documentary Expedition Grizzly.^[1]

Brutus' story[]

Brutus was born in January 2002. He spent his first months in a six-foot square steel box that was his mother's cage at a captive bear facility.

Grizzlies born in captivity are not released into the wild for two primary reasons: First, a captive-born cub lacks the education that would have been provided by its mother during its first two years in the wild; second, a bear born in captivity does not have the same wariness that makes wild bears avoid interactions with humans.

Brutus lived at Montana Grizzly Encounter Rescue and Educational Sanctuary.^[2]

Brutus appeared frequently on television with Casey Anderson, including regular appearances as Anderson's "co-host" on the Nat Geo/Nat Geo WILD series. He also appeared in two films, Iron Ridge (2008) and Pretty Ugly People (2008), as well as in commercials and in live educational shows across America.^{[citation needed]}

Brutus died on February 4, 2021 at the age of 19.^[3]

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