Tiny orphaned black bear making new home at Alaska Zoo
By: Scripps National, CNN
and last updated 2021-05-17 13:25:49-04
The Alaska Zoo s newest resident is a tiny, orphaned black bear cub.
Baby Taglu weighed less than five pounds when he was found alone in the northern Alaska wilderness. On May 8, he was flown from the village of Kotzebue to the zoo in Anchorage.
Since his arrival in Anchorage, Taglu has been eating up a storm. The cub has his meals served to him five times a day by zoo staff. It really takes the whole crew for these babies because they get fed so much, Alaska Zoo curator Shannon Jensen said.
Tiny orphaned black bear making new home at Alaska Zoo
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Taglu: The orphaned black bear cub at the Alaska Zoo Lauren Maxwell © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV An orphaned black bear cub arrived at the Alaska Zoo on Saturday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An orphaned black bear has found a temporary home at the Alaska Zoo. Curator Shannon Jensen said the tiny male weighed less than five pounds when he arrived in Anchorage on Saturday and may be the smallest bear the zoo has ever received.
The cub, which rescuers named Taglu, the Inupiat name for “snowshoe”, was found by villagers near Kotzebue with no mother in sight. Jensen said the Alaska Department of Fish and Game determined the 3-4-month-old cub was orphaned and flew it to Anchorage and the Alaska Zoo.