ldwf – Forest Animal Rescue https://www.forestanimalrescue.org Wildlife Sanctuary Sat, 10 Jun 2023 21:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.forestanimalrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg ldwf – Forest Animal Rescue https://www.forestanimalrescue.org 32 32 Three rehabilitated bear cubs released! https://www.forestanimalrescue.org/rehabilitated-bear-cubs-released/ https://www.forestanimalrescue.org/rehabilitated-bear-cubs-released/#respond Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:33:38 +0000 https://www.forestanimalrescue.org/?p=8851
They were orphaned in August 2022. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries brought them to Forest Animal Rescue for rehabilitation. After nine long months of rehabilitation, it’s fantastic to see them run – properly afraid of humans and ready to live free and wild!
 
We named them Iris, June and Kyle (although they never saw humans enough to learn their names)
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This orphan is lucky the wildlife officials caught her

Meet Gabby! She is an orphaned wild Louisiana black bear cub. She and her mother were both underweight, and then her mother was hit by a car.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries called us on Sunday with a request for assistance. We picked her up today to get her out of the area before Tropical Storm/Hurricane Delta makes landfall.

Great teamwork!

Even though an orphaned bear cub would normally be capable of surviving on their own this time of year, this little girl needs to gain weight or she would never survive the winter.

She will stay at Forest Animal Rescue for rehabilitation until spring. This will give her time to be restored to full strength and returned to Louisiana to be released back into the wild.

She is extremely afraid of humans (and reportedly hard to trap) and we will make sure she stays that way. Proper wild instincts will ensure her full rehabilitation and successful return to the wild.

Stay tuned for updates as she gains weight and prepares for her release!

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