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Orphaned bear cubs being raised near Silt could be released in spring |
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Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:16 |
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Photo by The Animal Law Center via The Denver Post
By KIERAN NICHOLSON, THE DENVER POST
Two bear cubs, orphaned when their mother was fatally shot, are expected to be released back into the wild in the spring.
The cubs are being raised at Pauline Schneegas Wildlife Foundation facilities near Silt, and the pair are doing well, according to a media release from The Animal Law Center.
The sow was killed on August 27 on a ranch near Crestone, about 125 miles southwest of Denver, by Colorado Division of Wildlife officers. The DOW suspected the bear of killing a goat on a nearby ranch.
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