Brutus (bear)

Brutus, also called Brutus the Bear (January 17, 2002 – February 2, 2021), was a grizzly 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]

Life

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. 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 2, 2021, at the age of 19.^[3]

See also

• List of individual bears

References

1. "Meet Casey Anderson - and his best friend, an 800-pound bear". LA Times. 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
2. "National Geographic: Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson (Video, Photos)". Shallow Nation. 2009-04-30. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
3. "Brutus the Bear 1/17/2002 – 2/2/2021". Montana Grizzly Encounter. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-07.