Two California black bear siblings were released back into the wild on May 15, after spending 10 months growing up at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. The Humane Society said the bears were first located in July 2023 when the California Department of Fish and Wildlife found their deceased mother. The bears […]
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Bear cub orphaned due to selfies ‘thriving’ at refuge after failed attempts to reunite it with mother
CHANDLER, N.C. – A wildlife refuge has happy news to report two weeks after a disturbing video of a group of people pulling bear cubs out of a tree to take selfies went viral. The Appalachian Wildlife Refuge has been taking care of the orphaned cub and said she is now stabilized. Responding to a […]
Staff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red foxes as they care for an orphaned kit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care. In a video posted to the center’s Facebook page Tuesday, Executive Director Melissa Stanley is shown wearing a […]
Orphaned bear cubs found wandering alone. Now they get second chance at zoo, video shows
Two black bear cubs wrestle vigorously, their thick fur peppered with sticks and grass. The furry youngsters are the newest additions to the Oregon Zoo’s bear family. They were found and rescued as orphaned cubs in Alaska, according to the zoo’s March 6 news release. Black bears like these are usually glued to their mothers […]
Albuquerque police take on orphaned homicide cases
Feb. 18—Alan Carabajal waited a long time. In April 2017, his 19-year-old son was found face-down beside his truck near Stardust Skies Park in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights. Jon Paul Carabajal had been shot six times and his pockets were turned out. Near the crime scene, his father found a bullet casing and handed it to […]
State considers bonding reforms as it makes progress plugging orphaned oil wells
Jan. 15—An infusion of federal money is helping New Mexico make progress in plugging orphaned oil wells scattered across the Permian and San Juan basins, but regulators say it will be important for the state to require more upfront financial assurance from drillers to cover cleanup of defunct wells. “Orphaned” is the term generally used […]