Burned bear cub rescued, flown to wildlife center
| WENATCHEE, Wash.
A badly聽burned聽black聽bear聽cub聽that hobbled up the right driveway has been rescued and flown by a volunteer pilot to a wildlife care center in California.
Steve Love lives in north-central Washington's Methow Valley, where the Carlton Complex of wildfires has scorched nearly 400 square miles since mid-July. When the 37-pound聽cub聽took shelter under his horse trailer late last week, he put out a bowl of water and tossed it some apricots from his tree.
The next day, a state Fish and Wildlife officer was able to capture the聽cub聽and take it to Wenatchee.
State biologist Rich Beausoleil says the聽cub聽has severe 3rd degree聽burns聽on all four paws. Beausoleil fed the聽cub聽yogurt and dog food while trying to determine who could help it.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care agreed to take the聽cub, since named Cinder. The state biologist also reached out to Pilots for Paws and a Seattle pilot volunteered to deliver the聽cub聽to the California center.
that Cinder is now safely at the Lake Tahoe center and receiving care.
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Information from: KOMO-TV,聽
