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Orphaned Bear Cub Not Hibernating
Topic Started: Jan 6 2007, 12:44 AM (51 Views)
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Orphaned Bear Cub Not Hibernating
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 5, 2007

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- By all accounts, the little black bear spotted near Juneau should be snug in its den, curled up beside its mother and sleeping away the harsh Alaska winter. Instead, the orphaned cub on Douglas Island is wide awake and scrounging for anything to eat -- dog food, bird seed, dead crows.

''He is just a little black fuzzball,'' said Brenda Greenbank, who's seen the cub and estimates him to be 25 pounds -- the size of a small dog. ''I just can't see him surviving without a mother to protect him.''

Now humans have stepped in where Mother Nature has failed. A live trap was set Thursday at the beachfront home owned by Greenbank and Gary Rosenberger to try and catch the fuzzball.

The plan is to move the cub to a remote location off the island where it will be introduced to a denning box made of wood and filled with a straw bed.

Grant Hilderbrandt, a regional supervisor for the Division of Wildlife Conservation, said if the cub isn't captured, his chances of surviving are poor.

''It's a hard life out there,'' he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Slee...r=1&oref=slogin
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Hi jezzie, these stories are becoming all too familiar. I hope they are able to catch the wee cub and help it out.
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