Brutus (bear)
{{Short description|Grizzly bear that became star of the National Geographic documentary Expedition Grizzly}}
Brutus, also called Brutus the Bear (January 17, 2002 – February 2, 2021), was a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) who was adopted as a newborn cub by the naturalist Casey Anderson, star of the National Geographic documentary Expedition Grizzly.{{cite news|author=|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/05/meet-casey-anderson-and-his-best-friend-an-800pound-bear.html |title=Meet Casey Anderson - and his best friend, an 800-pound bear | newspaper = LA Times |date=2009-05-03 |accessdate=2012-11-23}}
Life
Brutus was born in January 2002. He spent his first months in a six-foot square steel box that was his mother's cage at a captive bear facility. Brutus lived at Montana Grizzly Encounter Rescue and Educational Sanctuary.{{cite web |url=http://www.shallownation.com/2009/04/30/national-geographic-expedition-grizzly-featuring-casey-anderson-video-photos/ |title=National Geographic: Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson (Video, Photos) |publisher=Shallow Nation |date=2009-04-30 |accessdate=2012-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023000947/http://www.shallownation.com/2009/04/30/national-geographic-expedition-grizzly-featuring-casey-anderson-video-photos/ |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}
Brutus appeared frequently on television with Casey Anderson, including regular appearances as Anderson's "co-host" on the Nat Geo/Nat Geo WILD series. He also appeared in two films, Iron Ridge (2008) and Pretty Ugly People (2008), as well as in commercials and in live educational shows across America.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
Brutus died on February 2, 2021, at the age of 19.{{cite web |title=Brutus the Bear 1/17/2002 – 2/2/2021|url=http://grizzlyencounter.org/archives/1710|work=Montana Grizzly Encounter |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=2022-02-07}}