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Underweight yearling bear with hypothermia dies after rescue near Manitou Springs
CPW SE Region
and last updated 2021-05-05 08:40:25-04
TELLER COUNTY, Colo. â An 11-pound bear rescued from the Ute Pass area on Monday was thought to have been a cub, but was actually a severely underweight and hypothermic yearling, and despite efforts to nurse her back to health, she didn t survive, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday morning.
The young female bear was rescued from a snowstorm on Ute Pass above Manitou Springs on Monday. A witness had seen the bear collapse in a yard and covered it with a box before calling CPW.
Abandoned bear cub rescued on Ute Pass
CPW SE Region
and last updated 2021-05-03 19:35:28-04
DENVER â A bear cub was rescued after being abandoned during Sunday nightâs storm on Ute Pass above Manitou Springs.
A homeowner found the cub and called the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Colorado Springs office. When Officer Cassidy English arrived, she found the cub near death.
English began administering fluid and warming the bear cub with a blanket and heater. After assessing the cub, she took it to CPWâs Frisco Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Del Norte.
CPW says to never pick up abandoned wildlife and to call CPW for their experts to assess the animals.
CPW: ‘Abandoned bear cub’ turns out to be starved yearling
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) In a sad update about the bear that was earlier this week found near Manitou Springs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says that the cub turned out to be a yearling that was significantly underweight, and the bear wasn t able to survive the night.
When the bear got to Del Norte, CPW staff said the 11-pound bear wasn t a cub, but actually a yearling. CPW noted that a yearling bear should weigh around 30-40 pounds.
Frisco Creek manager Michael Sirochman said it was the worst case of starvation in a bear he had ever seen, and staffers went to work trying to warm up the bear and rehydrate it. CPW reported Tuesday that the bear didn t survive the night.
A year-old bear died after it was saved from a snowstorm Sunday night near Manitou Springs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday.
A homeowner along Ute Pass called Colorado Parks and Wildlife after the starving, hypothermic bear collapsed in the resident s yard.
The 11-pound female bear, originally thought to be younger because of its size, was 20 to 30 pounds underweight for its age.
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Wildlife officer Cassidy English tried to warm the bear and nourish it back to health. I got a little hopeful when it perked up a little bit when it got fluids, but it didn t perk up enough, English said. A bear should not let you hold it; it should be screaming and trying to get away from you. So that was a tell-tale sign that it was really sick.