she survived it. and she survived the burns on her paws and everything. lucky for the bear, fur that s dry doesn t conduct electricity well. lucky as well, her body is equipped for a high fall. she needs urgent care, but her condition isn t critical. she seems stable. she is breathing regularly. her heart rate is regular. and i can t really find any injuries on her other than a little burn on the inside of her right rear leg. i can tell you then, the elation i felt when we got the call, hey, this bear s alive. it was amazing that she had survived all of that. it was a miracle. the mama bear who came to be affectionately known as sparky, spends five months at rio grande zoo under the care of a team of veterinarians. she gains 75 pounds and save
it still had a heartbeat. it was like, amazing. we were just, amazed. she survived it. and she survived the burns on her paws and everything. luck request for the bear, fur that s dry doesn t conduct electricity well, and her body is equipped for a high fall. she needs urgent care, but her condition isn t critical. she seems stable. she s breathing regularly. her heart rate is regular. and i can t really find any injuries on her other than a little burn on the inside of her right rear leg. i can t tell you then the elation i felt when we got the call, hey, this bear s alive. it was amazing that she had survived all of that. it was a miracle. the mama bear who came to be affectionately known as sparky, spends five months at rio grande zoo under the care of a team of veterinarians.
it was a miracle. the mama bear who came to be affectionately known as sparky, spends five months at rio grande zoo under the care after team of veterinarians. she gains 75 pounds and save reuniting with her cub, she has returned to the wild. people do get attached to this bear. it became albuquerque s bear. mama bear coming and looking for her cub, this traumatic incident occurs, yet they are reunited and able to be turned loose. i think it is a story of hope, you know. many wildlife officials rely on air bagges it cushion the fall of bears they have to sedate, a development they owe, in some part, to sparky the bear. december 6, 2010. in tucson, arizona, another animal is stuck high on an electrical pole. this time, a cat who s been up there for three days. i just thought the cat might
the picture the on facebook and they re not happy about it, either. on the phone, rio grande zoo director. rick, first of all, how did they get past security and how come it was not discovereddum the pictures were posted? our facility is about 63 acres in size. we have security patrol it 24/7, and at night, you know, if you kind of watch what security is doing, they probably saw that they were on the rounds, and slipped through between shifts. jaime now, the pictures that we re looking at were the ones that they posted. how risky was what they did? well, i always say that in the wild, a giraffe can knock the head off of a lion, so we don t even go anywhere near the giraffe in our facility. they just kind of got lucky. you spook a giraffe and those legs can come up and nail you or they can swing their head. you know, the head and neck is 500 pounds, just itself. so that s a lot of inertia that could take you out.