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Bears at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care heading back home soon
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 3:48pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The four bear cubs who have been spending the winter at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) will soon be heading back into the wild.
Last summer, the nonprofit organization in South Lake Tahoe lost two of their six cubs suddenly to a virus called Canine Adenovirus. This came as a shock to the group who has rehabilitated animals from not only Lake Tahoe, but from around the state since forming forty years ago in 1978.
Tahoe the Bear headed to Humboldt County
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/23/2015 - 12:18am
Another success story at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) on Thursday as Tahoe the Bear prepared to make his journey back home to Humboldt County.
Cinder, the burned bear, heads back home after rehabilitation in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 11/22/2014 - 7:47pm
It didn't look good for a 39 pound bear cub after being caught in a 400 square mile fire in the state of Washington. Suffering from 3rd degree burns, the cub was found under a horse trailer in Methow Valley, WA.
A state Department of Fish and Wildlife officer captured her, and a volunteer pilot flew Cinder to California. When she arrived at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) on Aug. 4.
