Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1995-07-05
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note: n^^^.V^M^^k^-V-^^^^W^nk;:^ -..., — .w m^^m 'MICKEY MOUNTIE' Agee, the first polar bear trained to act for film, gives 'snuggle up to the camera' a new meaning, as she cuddles with a photographer during her first press conference. Trainer, Mark Wiener (in the background) said he always wanted to work with a polar bear, and this oneWill be- starring in the upcoming film, Alaska, due out next year. - Monique Gaiazka photo LIFE IN "THF FAST I ANF" i Bear companion to man, dog By MONIQUE GALAZKA ABBOTSFORD - Agee, the first polar bear trained to act in film, will be making her debut next year in a film called Alaska. The film, directed by Fraser Heston and starring Thora Birch and Vincent Kartheiser, is about two young children looking for their father, a bush pilot lost in the woods. Along the way they rescue a bear cub from poachers, who becomes their friend. Agee, who weighed just one pound at birth, came from the Kolmarden zoo in Sweden, last February. Her mother does not have a tongue and was unable to care for the cub, which was hand raised. Heston, who loves the outdoors, said it would be immoral to take a polar bear from the wild, and Mark Wiener and his wife Dawn, owners of Creative Animal Talent, said they will keep Agee as long as she lives, wliich will be about 30 years. Wiener, who has films such as Cat People, The Bear, Grizzly Adams and Yellow Dog: Far from Home to his credit, has become Agee's 'mother', and a dog named Schroeder has become her companion. Normally it would be the cub's mother that teaches it life skills such as swimming, but it was Wiener and Schroeder who got Agee into her pool the first time. Polar bears are referred to as nature's solar heated animals, because the skin under their coat is black and their hairs are hollow which together trap heat, making it difficult for bears to get cool, even in the frigid arctic. Since Agee is still a cub, and her skin hasn't blackened yet, she still gets cold in the water, and needs coaxing to get in…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442167
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text