Benjamin Kilham

A first-person account of wild bear behavior that is both a thrilling animal story and a groundbreaking work of science. In the spring of 1993, Ben Kilham, a naturalist who lives in the woodlands of New Hampshire, began raising a pair of orphaned wild black bears. The experience changed his life, and while spending thousands of hours with the cubs, Kilham discovered unknown facets of bear behavior that have radically revised our understanding of animal...

A documentary profile of New Hampshire naturalist and wildlife rehabilitator Ben Kilham, who tracks and studies the American black bear, hoping to promote understanding of the animals he has come to know and care for.