Three orphaned black bear cubs are being cared for by Oregon Zoo staff after being rescued by Oregon Fish and Wildlife.
A logging crew discovered the one male and two female bear cubs a week ago in a hollow log in western Yamhill County, Ore. The loggers from Cross and Crown were worried that their operation might have scared the mother bear away so they called the state Fish and Wildlife Department.
Oregon Zoo staffers in Portland are caring for three orphaned black bear cubs no bigger than puppies.
The Oregonian reports that a logging crew discovered the one male and two female cubs a week ago in a hollow log in western Yamhill County. The loggers from Cross and Crown were worried that their operation might have scared the mother bear away so they called Oregon Fish and Wildlife. A state biologist arranged for observation of the den. The mother bear visited briefly Wednesday morning, then disappeared.
Likely born in January, the cubs were moved to the Oregon Zoo last Friday. The zoo often helps Oregon Fish and Wildlife care for orphans until permanent homes can be found for animals that aren’t releasable back to the wild.
Austin, Texas, Zoo & Animal Sanctuary has offered to take the cubs. The Austin Zoo has sent animal trainer Trevor Fowler to Portland to learn the best ways to care for them.
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A logging crew discovered the one male and two female bear cubs a week ago in a hollow log in western Yamhill County, Ore. The loggers from Cross and Crown were worried that their operation might have scared the mother bear away so they called the state Fish and Wildlife Department.
Oregon Zoo staffers in Portland are caring for three orphaned black bear cubs no bigger than puppies.
The Oregonian reports that a logging crew discovered the one male and two female cubs a week ago in a hollow log in western Yamhill County. The loggers from Cross and Crown were worried that their operation might have scared the mother bear away so they called Oregon Fish and Wildlife. A state biologist arranged for observation of the den. The mother bear visited briefly Wednesday morning, then disappeared.
Likely born in January, the cubs were moved to the Oregon Zoo last Friday. The zoo often helps Oregon Fish and Wildlife care for orphans until permanent homes can be found for animals that aren’t releasable back to the wild.
Austin, Texas, Zoo & Animal Sanctuary has offered to take the cubs. The Austin Zoo has sent animal trainer Trevor Fowler to Portland to learn the best ways to care for them.
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Beautiful
Thank you Oregon Zoo for taking care of these bears. They;re pretty awesome!
That is so cute. I sure hope the little guys grow up healthy & happy. Thank you, to the loggers who notified the the fish & wildlife people !! And to those all involved with them !! Thank you for sharing this !
So the moral of the story is that some well meaning actions are not always the wisest. Like any baby animals or birds you are supposed to leave them alone. The wildlife and fisheries people decide to remove the cubs based on a single sighting of the mother, who then 'disappeared' whatever that means? And I'm just assuming here that they did the observation before deciding to remove the cubs, the article is unclear on this crucial point. Now instead of having a life in the wild they will be in captivity for the rest of their lives because they have been imprinted by their carers so there is slim to little chance of them being released into the wild.
wish they would have tried to find the Mother Bear- glad they are safe tho, Texas seems awfully hot for these guys tho! How about sending them to Bears With Us Sanctuary or the one here in Colorado in Keensburg??
so sad :(
well I don't agree with what they did, even though they thought they were doing it in the best interest of the cubs. They should of left them be cos the mother would have returned, now tht they are in captivity, they are held prisoners now and won't get the chance to live a real bears life....
...for shure, these cute cubbies will be well cared by any zoo or sanctuary willing to shelter them: but for shure, they will become captive animals instead of living their life in wildness!...it's not clear if everything was made before to try bringing back the cubs with their mother who was apparently alive and roaming in the area( ?)...