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SUBMISSION: Spirit Bear © 2023 Sandra Kaplan

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ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2023 Submission - Fine Art Category

Most Kermode bears are black, and between 100 to 500 fully white individuals exist. The white variant is known as a Spirit Bear. They make up 10-20% of the Kermode population. Interbreeding with other subspecies of American black bears suggests that, in time, the Kermode subspecies will cease to exist.