The Weirs Times today has an article about the orphaned bear cubs. Here's a few excerpts that have not been previously seen here:
Quote:
"They are being cared for by wildlife rehabilitator and bear researcher Ben Kilham" [who has] "rehabilitated 50 bear cubs which have been successfully released in the wilderness".
[The cubs are] "fed natural bear food gathered by his sister, Phoebe, which includes fresh greens from the forest floor, tree buds, and young leaves."
"Sandra Lawton of Funspot says that there have been many bears seen near Funspot in recent years and that she regrets that the open dumpster played a role in making the young cubs orphans.
"It just broke my heart to hear them crying when they came down the tree to find out what had happened to their mother. It's one of the saddest sounds I've ever heard".
"State law prohibits...inadvertant feeding of black bears...feeding increases the likelihood of human injury or property damage".
|
(Sister Phoebe appears middle-aged and knockout-georgeous, btw, FLL).
A few cover details on the book that Ben Kilham wrote on Black bears:
But Black bears are an infinitesimal danger compared to the American West's Brown bears (The
Grizzly Bear). Visitors to National Parks out West are shown photos of automobile doors folded in half by Brown (Grizzly) bears. Those who have photographed rare Grizzly cub triplets, or befriended solitary Grizzlies, have gotten eaten! Sure, you can run up a tree to escape the Grizzly adult, (Grizzlies can't climb trees), but
you've got to be faster to the tree!
Black bears are famous for their grunts, their fake charges—and their far better nature towards people—but when a
brown bear attacks property or people, the headlines just get remembered as "Bear".
