Saving Orphaned Baby Grizzlies

[Steerpike]

[link: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.

[Bayard]

1. Wonder if they couldn't be put in a sanctuary till spring

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. There are a couple of places that do offer a sort of sanctuary service...

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.