Revolving door at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care's bear den
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 7:37am
In what has become a very busy year at Lake Tahoe wildlife Care, another bear was added to their den on Friday after his mother was hit and killed on Hwy 89 near The Cantina on October 4.
Tom Milham, LTWC co-founder and Secretary/Treasurer, went on the air at all of the local radio stations on October 16, asking for the public's help in finding Gardner after several sightings in the Y area. When he got the call that someone saw Gardner near Anderson Bike Rentals, Milham and Fish & Wildlife showed up with a cage full of food. They safely got Gardner into the cage.
As of Saturday there were 12 bears called LTWC home but that changed Wednesday with the three bears from Paradise. CA were sent home to be released near the area they grew up.
You can watch the bears on the non-profit's webcams. Cinder, the bear recovering from burned paws is in the Bobcat cage and the other 9 bears are in the Bear cage.
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