US EditionOrphaned Cub Finds Comfort in a Teddy Bear and Costumed Caregivers
- On April 12, a frail and underweight bear cub, approximately two months old, was discovered alone and without its mother in the Los Padres Forest area of Southern California.
- The cub was taken to the Ramona Wildlife Center for rehabilitation, marking it as the fourth orphaned cub in California to receive care within the last five years.
- Staff use a relatively new costumed-care technique, wearing coyote masks to reduce human imprinting, which helped successfully raise three other orphaned pups now released.
- The cub has quadrupled in size, learned to dig for worms and insects quickly, and turns to a teddy bear when spooked or seeking comfort, as the manager said, "He's probably really missing his real mom."
- Biologists hope to return the cub to the wilderness next year, conditional on it learning to find food, avoid people, and possibly pairing with a buddy to reduce imprinting risks.
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How orphaned bear cubs are rehabilitated to be released back into the wild
The Department of Wildlife Resources asks anyone who finds a stray bear cub to call them first. Wildlife officers will then assess the situation and, in many cases, take the cub to a rehabilitator.
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Orphaned California bear cub finds comfort in a teddy bear and costumed caregivers
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press Autumn Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters an enclosure to feed and fawn over a 12-pound (5.4 kg) black bear cub who she hopes will consider her family. The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California’s Los Padres National Forest — weak, underweight and alone. Since then, the baby bear has been cared for by Welch’…
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Orphaned bear cub finds comfort in a teddy bear and costumed caregivers
An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks. The baby bear was about two months old when he was found April 12 in the Los Padres National Forest. He…
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