A hiker came across a tiny baby bear on a hiking trail and carried him and gave him CPR and took him to a wildlife center. Some say he did the wrong thing.https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiker-saved-baby-bear-cpr-204600449.html
Hiker Saves Baby Bear on Trail, Could Have Faced Jail Time
- Thread starter Ruthanne
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Falcon
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- So. California
Too bad.. Maybe the bear could be placed in a zoo instead of back in the wild.
Yes, the little guy is going to need a home that's for sure. :bananalama:
Steve LS
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I would have been worried about mama bear.
He took his life in his hands doing that.
He took his life in his hands doing that.
Yes indeed. The little tiny bear was not breathing, though, so he felt he needed to act fast.
Debby
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Or maybe he could be rehabbed and released when he's old enough. I think they did that with a couple of cubs on a mountain north of Vancouver a few years ago. There was a huge enclosure built for them that they couldn't escape, away from people and over time they learned to find food and so on. Very natural environment that way and minimal involvement after a while with people.
The conservation guy was supposed to kill them, he refused and took them to a vet and then a wildlife place instead, then he lost his job and there was a huge public uproar over that, he took his employers to court and then got his job back although in a different branch of the forestry service. Doing that would be far better for the bear than a zoo. Those two cubs I mentioned were ultimately released and are fending for themselves in the wilderness.
http://theprovince.com/news/bc-poli...kill-cubs-leaping-into-wild-world-of-politics
The tiny baby bear was no threat at all to anyone. I see that the bears in the article you posted also should not be killed. People seem to think they know what is best for these animals when some do and some don't.
Glad he saved the little bear, I'd be really wary of the mother being nearby, but would have done the same to help the animal. More pictures here. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2141/He-Found-A-Lifeless-Bear-Cub-And-Faced-A-Tough-Decision
oakapple
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- Oxford England
The bear really did look abandoned and in a bad way, so it was a kind act.However it will never be returned to the wild now.
AprilT
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Yep, seemed the appropriate act, the cub probably would have died. They can receive rehab and be returned to wildlife once they're of an age mother bear would have sent them off on their own. The thing of them not being returned would be them not being able to go back to mom, she won't have anything to do with it once the has been in the care of humans. At certain ages, many bears are solitary animals anyway except come mating season.