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Bear Cubs Rescued

On It — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:35:52 GMT

Quick thinking couple rescued trapped bear cubs from a dumpster using a ladder. Mama bear and babies were crying which alerted the couple to attempt the rescue. These are screen shots from a video on You Tube. The woman in the back of the truck was brave. Mama bear can be seen standing to the right of the dumpster in the first photo. Note how Mama blends into the trees at daybreak. At night, she would be difficult to see.

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on the bay — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:39:43 GMT

Thank you wonderful people!

Things like this let me know there are loving people out there.

Even when there are lots who are not.

Thank you @On It!

Love your posts!

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SoCal Bred — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:40:58 GMT

So glad mama and her cubs were reunited, thank goodness this brave couple were there to help rescue them.

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Boomernichols — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:54:01 GMT

@On It This is a great feel good story you have shared. More often than not, people are putting animals lives at risk so this is

refreshng, thanks again.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:20:59 GMT

What a brave lady, glad she did this,just don't know if i would, i would call for help!!

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on the bay — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:24:09 GMT

@goldensrbest,

You never know.

You might have

I think at that moment it would be between the heart and the mind and one would take over.

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kze — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:42:17 GMT

I saw something similar a few years ago so there's at least a couple more people with good hearts. ♥️

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 16 May 2024 19:23:34 GMT

What caring brave and wonder people!

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 16 May 2024 19:33:23 GMT

@On It

Huh .... I wonder how the little tykes ended up in the dumpster in the first place. Mama probably "just turned her back for a second", like human parents sometimes do.

I'm just glad that Mama Bear trusted that the human was trying to help ... and she didn't "overreact" and attack the woman.

I hope there's a news story about this somewhere ... talk about bravery! I definitely would have called Animal Control or someone, and not attempted a rescue myself. Yikes.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 16 May 2024 19:38:04 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 The video is 11 yrs old.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 16 May 2024 19:49:13 GMT

This was a very heroic but highly unwise act by this couple that could have easily ended tragically. A better plan would have been to call state wildlife officials who are trained for this sort of situation.

Mama Bear had no way of knowing they weren't going to harm her kids. Her inclination would have been to get defensive.

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on the bay — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:38:49 GMT

@Kachina624,

You are right, it could have turned tragic but I think with her babies crying the mother was desperate and seeing these humans coming and hearing the cries and worried,

she trusted they were there to help.

There are so many incredible stories about wild animals asking and hoping humans will help when it comes to their babies. Animals aren't stupid and can read the situation and understand too when someone is going to help, especially when they were not able to themselves.

Thankfully it did turn out for a wonderful outcome.

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ChiliPepper — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:52:57 GMT

@On It

Thanks for sharing!

Oh, that is wonderful! Great to hear about a happy ending!!!

We get raccoons in our dumpster at work every once in a while.

We put a board in there so the raccoon can climb out on their own.

It is un-nerving enough with a raccoon - I can't even imagine doing it with a Momma bear right there LOL!!!

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DSD2 — Thu, 16 May 2024 21:12:06 GMT

It makes one have much hope for humanity.

I love hearing stories like this...

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cheriere — Thu, 16 May 2024 22:00:45 GMT

@On It

I'm so thankful for the people who rescued those cubs! That would be such a scary situation to be in, but I can't imagine what might have happened had it not been for them.

You always find the best, most uplifting stories to post. Thank you.❤️. I needed this today.

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RedTop — Thu, 16 May 2024 22:23:20 GMT

In this area of southern WV, pictures of mama bears and cubs caught on security cameras rummaging in local dumpsters is a very common thing.

Many times they are in city limits in restaurant dumpsters, but they are also seen in dumpsters in our parks, schools, rest areas, and apartment complexes with a communal dumpster. Most recently a mama and cub was spotted in a Sheetz parking lot at 4:30 a.m., checking the dumpster as well as the garbage cans at the gas pumps!

The dumpster covers are supposed to be kept closed; mama bears open them. I personally would not risk my life to get that close to bear cubs, period. I would contact a local DNR officer to take care of the issue.