Photo courtesy of trail cam owner, who asked they remain anonymous. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Not long after a Michigan trail camera caught one of the season's rarest images in a white-colored black bear, it's believed that the bear was killed by wolves.According to a post shared by an Upper Peninsula trekking guide Facebook group, the bear was seen rummaging through bait in early September that had been placed by a hunter.
Not long after the rare white black bear had been caught on the cameras, the Facebook group said they found the bear's remains.They believe a wolf killed the animal shortly after the rare bear was caught on camera."Our wolf population has devastated our big game populations in the U.P.," Yooper Outdoors #906 wrote in a Facebook chat to Fox News Digital.
Similarly, the Facebook group told FOX 2 that the person who owns the trail camera found pieces of what looked like white bear fur not long after the photo was shared online.
The group also noted that they had not had a trail camera of the bear since it was first captured in early September.Officials with the Department of Natural Resources did not independently confirm that the large mammal was a black bear with white fur, but based on the images that were sent to them and other area reports, they are fairly certain.