Bears fed on it too, and their population began to rise as well, partly also because there were more berries growing on the regenerating shrubs, and the bears reinforced the impact of the wolves by killing some of the calves of the deer.
Bjørne spiste også af dem og deres population begyndte ligeledes at stige. Blandt andet fordi der kom flere bær på de gendannede buske. Og bjørnene forstærkede noget af effekten af ulvene ved at dræbe nogle af hjortekidene.