Biography:Stephen Herrero

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Short description: Canadian bear expert
Stephen Herrero
Born
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forResearch on bear behaviour
Scientific career
FieldsAnimal science
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary

Stephen Herrero is a Canadian professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, which has been described as "authoritative" and "required reading" on the topic.[1][2]

Herrero was born in San Francisco , and earned his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in animal behaviour and ecology.[1] He moved to Canada after becoming disillusioned with overdevelopment in the U.S., and the Vietnam War.[1]

As a professor at the University of Calgary, Herrero's research on bear attacks has been highly influential; it helped develop new policies in bear safety and shifted focus to bear conservation.[1] He is described as a leading authority on bear attacks and safety, produces bear safety videos, and testifies in legal proceedings involving bear attacks.[3][4][5][6][7]

He was a consultant on the 1978 National Film Board documentary, Bears and Man.[8]

See also

  • Bear attack
  • List of fatal bear attacks in North America

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bergman, Brian. "Born to Be High and Wild". Maclean's. http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20030623_61348_61348. 
  2. Fraser, Caroline. "You Are in Bear Country". Outside. http://outsideonline.com/outside/magazine/200103/200103disp1.html. 
  3. Slade, Darryl (23 September 2010). "Bear expert defends Parks Canada's actions before Lake Louise grizzly attack". Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=3570594. [no|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  4. "Dr. Steve Herrero". University of Calgary. https://www.ucalgary.ca/evds/people/faculty/herrero. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  5. Baker, Deborah (September 9, 2001). "Neighbors Mourn Victim of Rare Bear Attack". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/09/local/me-43719. 
  6. Kirkby, Bruce (18 February 2011). "Exploring the wild frontier of Jumbo Valley, B.C.". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/exploring-the-wild-frontier-of-jumbo-valley-bc/article1913269/page4/. 
  7. Belluck, Pam (11 May 2011). "Study of Black Bears Finds It's Not the Mamas That Should Be Feared the Most". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11bears.html. 
  8. Colpitts, George (2011). "Films, Tourists, and Bears in the National Parks: Managing Park Use and the Problematic ‘Highway Bum’ Bear". in Claire Elizabeth Campbell. A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. pp. 168. ISBN 9781552385265. http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/48466/17/UofCPress_ParksCanada_2011_Chapter12.pdf.