For over a month now there has been a bear cub hanging out at the boat ramp of the McCloud Reservoir. Originally, there were two cubs, but now there seems to be only one.
Local people and vacationers that have been boating, fishing, and swimming at and around the boat ramp have been taking pictures of the bear and posting them on Facebook which is encouraging more people to go and visit the wild animal.
People have…
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Great article Shareen,
We hope that locals and tourists stop hand feeding this Bear. As we know that this is not good for the Bear’s future .
Thank for the information! It’s so sad when a wild animal gets used to people. How would it survive the winter with the “kindliness of strangers” and no skills to forage for his own food? It would be a shame for someone to get badly hurt and/or the bear cub is killed. I certainly hope the cub is taken to a wildlife shelter, it looks to be too young to live on its own so simply relocating it does not seem to be an option.
Unfortunately for the bear, it’s probably going to take someone getting seriously injured for Fish and Wildlife to respond.