Orphan bear cubs being cared for at Lynnwood animal shelter

By Associated Press

Summary

State wildlife agents easily captured the cubs Monday night by leaving out doughnuts.

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Story Published: Aug 27, 2008 at 4:06 PM PST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 12:19 AM PST

MILL CREEK, Wash. (AP) - Two orphan bear cubs caught at a campground are being raised by a Lynnwood animal shelter.

State wildlife agents easily captured the cubs Monday night by leaving out doughnuts, which brought them down from a tree at the Denny Creek campground near Snoqualmie Pass. The mother had been struck by a car Saturday and killed.

The cubs were transferred to the PAWS shelter where they will spend up to a year in rehab and isolation so they can be released into the wild. A veterinarian says the 40-pound male and 25-year-old female were uninjured, but hungry.

Wildlife agent Kim Chandler says the problem was caused by people at the campground leaving unsecured food that attracted bears.

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