Oswald's Bear Ranch has become a staple of summer U.P. tourism, where visitors can interact with black bear cubs. But a new bill in the state is trying to regulate the attraction in new ways.
Excerpt: A former Bay City firefighter who owns what he calls the nation’s largest bear ranch is confident Michigan will enact legislation allowing his customers to have their pictures taken with bear cubs.
Dean A. Oswald owns Oswald’s Bear Ranch in the Upper Peninsula town of Newberry. Oswald retired as a Bay City firefighter in 1982 and moved to Newberry the next year, then started the bear ranch in 1984.
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Source: Mlive.com
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