After two young California black bear cubs were found near their deceased mother in the San Bernardino National Forest Falls, they are getting a second chance at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracked the five-month-old bear cub brothers, too young to survive on their own. Black bears typically need to stay with their mother for up to 17 months.
The first cub was rescued by CDFW on July 4, and the second smaller cub on July 7, and then reunited at the Ramona Wildlife Center.
“They were vocalizing and immediately re-bonded with each other,” said Andy Blue, campus director of San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center in a press release. “Our goal now is to raise them with limited to no human interaction and get them ready to return to the wild.”
The cubs are now housed in an indoor/outdoor medical facility. The cubs will go through an anesthetized exam, and when ready, moved to a larger outdoor enclosure with the hopes of returning the bears to the wild early next year.
