{"id":580352,"date":"2026-04-03T21:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580352\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:34:07","slug":"notable-hammond-plains-bear-limpy-relocated-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580352\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Hammond Plains bear &#8216;Limpy&#8217; relocated north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says Limpy the Bear has been safely re-located to Shubenacadie.<\/p>\n<p>Limpy had become a familiar presence in Hammond Plains over the last 15 plus years. While he has never showed any signs of aggression, DNR staff say he has been getting too close to humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis step is being taken for his safety and yours,\u201d officials said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>The post drew concerns from the community who expressed their love for Limpy and concern for his well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Limpy was humanly trapped and transported approximately 60 km north to Shubenacadie for medical assessment, DNR said. He is expected to live out his days there in \u201ccomfort and care\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Limpy got his name after he was hit by a car over 10 years ago, injuring his front paw.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, DNR\u2019s wildlife staff will help Limpy the Bear make his move to Shubenacadie. ????<\/p>\n<p>He will be humanely trapped and transported to Shubenacadie for a medical assessment and, if all is well, will live out his days there in comfort and care.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natural Resources (@NS_DNR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NS_DNR\/status\/2039453235463799128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says Limpy the Bear has been safely re-located to Shubenacadie. Limpy had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-580352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}