Two new bear cubs at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 12:51am
Just when Tom and Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care thought they could rest from the busy bear year they had in 2014, they received phone calls which brought new small cubs to live at their South Lake Tahoe facility.
"It's been a beary good year," Tom Millham told KOLO-TV reporter Ed Pierce when he came to film the story at LTWC on January 2 (great video of the two cubs). They cared for a record 15 bear cubs in 2014, and still have 10 of those bears living at LTWC.
On December 23 the Millhams drove to Rancho Cordova to pick up a 24-pound cub that was found in Sawyer's Bar near Eureka, CA. Then, on December 31, they received the second bear, a 25-pound cub from the Hoopa Indian Reservation.
The Millhams will be fattening up the underweight cubs until spring at least. Fish & Game decides when, and where, all cubs will be released though they try to get them close to where they were found.
You can watch the cubs on web cams located in their cages. Also on the website is a "donate" button to help assist with their care.
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