Two black bear cubs who were living under a man's home in Monrovia have been moved to San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center.
The two black bear cubs are just a few months old. Their mother was euthanized after testing showed she was responsible for two attacks on people, the most recent happening earlier this month.
Angela Hernandez-Cusick, the wildlife rehab supervisor, told KNX News’ Emily Valdez that the cubs are still being spoon-fed because they are not yet eating on their own.
“What we're working towards, so that we minimize interaction, is really getting them to eat on their own,” she said. “We're giving them that encouragement, and that's where we come in dressed as bears. We also don't talk in front of them. We're doing everything we possibly can so that they don't get used to people.”
She said eventually they will need to start feeding them animals they will eat in the wild, such as deer and bird meat.
“We may offer them some smaller prey species to try to hunt on their own,” Hernandez-Cusick said. “We also will offer live fish because, as we all know, bears do fish, and that's a pretty simple one that we can get a hold of and give them that in the pool.”
The cubs will be at the center for about a year, and then the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will figure out where the best place is to release them back into the wild
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