On April 3, rescuers found a small Black Bear cub in the middle of a gravel road in Giles County, Virginia. The rescuers called the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and a local biologist responded to the scene to assist with the situation. The cub was left in the area (off of the road) while rescuers waited for the mother bear to return. When the biologist arrived, she searched the entire area for a bear den – no den was found. DGIF decided to send the cub to the Wildlife Center the following day. This is the first bear cub of 2014.

Dr. Kristin, the Center’s veterinary intern, examined the young cub when it arrived at the Center on Friday evening. She found the female cub to be in good health; she weighed in at 1.8 kg.

The cub will be housed indoors and will be bottled fed several times a day.

Your special donation will help the Center to provide care to this Black Bear cub ... and to the 2,500 sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals the Center will treat this year. Please help!

