A mom’s worst nightmare is to have her child taken from her, however at Bear Nation U.S.A., infants had been ripped from their nurturing moms at simply 1 to 2 months previous in an effort to be placed on show.
Terrified 4-week-old wolf puppies huddled collectively and trembled after a supervisor stole them from their moms. He admitted to throwing firecrackers into the den to scare the protecting moms away.
Workers defined how they traumatized mom bears by jamming a “large” fiberglass pole and tossing explosive bottle rockets into the dens to scare them out, they usually ran chainsaws with out the chain in an effort to drown out the sound of the new child bears wailing for his or her moms as staff shuffled the cubs right into a van.
“Somewhat bit dangerous on the morals, , stealing kids and taking them to a white van.”
—Bear Nation U.S.A. grounds crew member
In nature, black bear cubs spend practically two years by their mom’s aspect, studying foraging abilities from her, taking part in with their siblings, and exploring the alpine habitats and forests they name residence.
The 11 bear cubs born this winter at Bear Nation U.S.A. had been taken once they had been not more than 8 weeks previous, earlier than they had been even weaned—an important time of their improvement, when what they wanted most was their moms’ consolation and safety.
Staff saved cubs in cardboard bins for weeks. A number of cubs had been reluctant to eat and cried, bit, scratched, and in any other case struggled once they had been held, out of obvious frustration or misery. A senior employee hoped the cubs wouldn’t “flip into dicks.”