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Steerpike

(2,693 posts)
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 01:00 PM Aug 2018

Saving Orphaned Baby Grizzlies

https://craigmedred.news/2018/08/13/saving-babies/

After much lobbying by citizens of Seward, a small town at the head of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, an effort is underway to rescue two orphaned grizzly bear cubs that have become a city attraction and a city worry.

Since their mother was shot and killed raiding a chicken coop at the end of July, the Facebook page Seward, AK Bear & Wildlife Report has been buzzing with reports of the cubs’ movements and concerns about their welfare.

Out of fear the cubs might get run over by the tourist traffic on the summer busy Seward Highway that runs 120 miles north to Alaska’s largest city, one area resident on Sunday reportedly posted signs warning people to slow down and watch for the bears.
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Saving Orphaned Baby Grizzlies (Original Post) Steerpike Aug 2018 OP
Wonder if they couldn't be put in a sanctuary till spring Bayard Aug 2018 #1
There are a couple of places that do offer a sort of sanctuary service... Steerpike Aug 2018 #2

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
1. Wonder if they couldn't be put in a sanctuary till spring
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 02:17 PM
Aug 2018

Not a zoo. They'll have more time to grown, and learn to fend for themselves till spring.

The mortality rate for cubs is terrible.

Steerpike

(2,693 posts)
2. There are a couple of places that do offer a sort of sanctuary service...
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 12:23 PM
Aug 2018

But they are probably at capacity...there a ton of bear cubs right now and probably a whole slew of orphaned bear cubs...these are just some high profile ones that are getting some press...bear cubs in general generally don't live to adulthood...starvation and cannibalism is generally how they go.

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