It's another black bear cub! Now we have three! This cub has a sad story. Her mother was seen hanging around a garbage disposal with her two siblings and somebody shot them. Incredibly, this little fellow survived.
Often black bears are erroneously seen as immediate threats to human security. While they are wild animals and should be treated as such, black bears infrequently attack humans. There have only been 56 documented human deaths as a result of black bear attacks in North America in the past 100 years. This means you are more likely to be struck by lightning in your lifetime.The black bear cub that arrived yesterday was put in the same enclosure as the one that arrived in May, and fortunately, they seem to be getting along swimmingly.
Today or tomorrow, we will introduce our new bear cub to the other two and hope they get along. Once they get big enough, all three will be moved into a large enclosure with Baloo.
Baloo chowing down earlier today