Orphaned Cub “Sparky”


I recieved call at midnight one weekend  of a Mama bear and two cubs in a tree. The mama was electrocuted because the power lines were about 6 inches from the tree. When I was 5 minutes away the caller told me a cub was just electrocuted and the power company was turning the power off. As I was just about a minute away the last cub was electrocuted. I arrived and found that the caller had jumped into the water at night and pulled the last cub from the water and resusitaed him. She said she could not see the other bears but did hear splashing, but they were dead when I saw them. The live cub had fallen 30 feet after being shocked (blew the transformer), hit the ground and started shaking ,then rolled into the water, according to the woman. I thought for sure he was a goner, she had put him in a kennle while I loaded his mama and sister into my truck. I was sure he would die enroute to my house. I set him up in a large kennel ,he was very listful, but looking at me. The next morning I expected to find a dead cub but instead he was very awake and climbing like a chimp on crack. He is fine and eating very well and believe it or not ,this cub is as strong as a….well…bear lol. 
He is lucky in more ways than one because bears imprint and habituate to humans quick, so normally since there only a couple rehab facilities in the whole US that can raise a bear..PROPERLY, he would be euthanized. However this cub is very independent, we evaluated him and we arranged  for rehab,and in about 6 months he was released. That is truly a miracle.




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