{"id":634496,"date":"2026-04-28T16:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634496\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:44:11","slug":"watch-a-tobogganing-polar-bear-and-family-dog-slide-into-friendship-in-newfoundland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634496\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: A tobogganing polar bear and family dog slide into friendship in Newfoundland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on Apr. 28, 2026, 2:12 PM<\/p>\n<p>Security camera footage from St. Anthony, Newfoundland, captures the incredible moment a wild polar bear repeatedly goes for a ride down a snowy embankment and has a very friendly encounter with the homeowner&#8217;s dog.<\/p>\n<p>Do wild polar bears like to have fun? That&#8217;s up for debate, but this video out of Newfoundland seems to suggest they&#8217;re partial to tobogganing!<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, while Joy Keats was away from home, a large polar bear came sliding onto her property, captured on security cameras.<\/p>\n<p>When the bear first shows up, it&#8217;s already taking a ride down a sloped path, and a moment later, the bear slides down another slope\u2014right toward the family dog!<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/29E3SKv78Gj8ITPsPM5MHd\/9bdc603805b9750de69abcaf759771ba\/Screenshot_2026-04-28_at_10.01.01\u00e2__AM.png\" alt=\"Permission granted: Polar bear with dog friendly encounter \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_2026-04-28_at_10.01.01\u00e2__AM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nFamily dog seen interacting with the polar bear in footage. (Credit: Joy Keats\/provided)<\/p>\n<p>The pair have a brief encounter, but Keats suggests that the bear was likely well fed with plenty of seals in the area, and it soon moves on to another hill, continuing to toboggan out of view.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/3afugegkWGt1lvYQ5S14Ew\/95beed8c010c7d16ef07d70e3dbb7ec9\/PolarBear.jpg\" alt=\"Permission granted: Tobogganing polar bear in Newfoundland\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PolarBear.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nPolar bear caught on camera tobogganing in Newfoundland. (Credit: Joy Keats\/provided)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Apr. 28, 2026, 2:12 PM Security camera footage from St. Anthony, Newfoundland, captures the incredible moment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2837,49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-634496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634496","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=634496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}