Black bear dies at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray

Luvey in her enclosure at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray in April. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)A black bear died at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray on WednesdayThe wildlife park announced in a social media post on Thursday the loss of “our beloved resident black bear,” Luvey. It said one of the bear’s wildlife keepers had seen Luvey eating and otherwise behaving normally before she “suddenly collapsed.” Luvey began her roughly five-year stay at Maine Wildlife Park in 2021 after the facility where she previously lived closed. “A beautiful cinnamon-phase black bear, she quickly became a favorite among visitors and staff alike,” the Maine Wildlife Park said in its post.