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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zyI6vn9Azg
It looks like Ms. Squeaky has given up motherhood. She has not had any babies since last fall. She had her first litter when she was just one years old. She had a total of four litters one right after the other. A total of 13 babies in all!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVSQR9iU4Ug
Please consider a donation to help us in our work! We can’t do it without you! Http://OrphanedWildlife.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH8iri6ynmc
We are the Eastern States Big E expo with Jenny, Amy and Maddy! In this video Jim is interacting with some visitors on the other side of the glass.
We do a few of these a year (2 to 4) to raise funds, raise awareness, and spread as much information about the plight of wild animals as we can. We also try to teach people what special animals bears are by showing their really special and incredible personalities. I think YOU guys, our followers have all been amazed at how incredible these animals are. Everyone should understand that. It’s the only way we can help them! Our hope is that people will be less afraid of them and more willing to deal humanely with them wherever they live.
I will try to answer some frequently asked questions about our rig!
Yes, this rig was built SPECIFICALLY for the bears. It is climate controlled (the bears like it cold so it is kept in the 50’s for them, which isn’t so pleasant for Jim and Susan who spend much of the day with them). There are shower nozzles on the ceiling so that they can still have their baths and showers every day, which bears like. They are put on for them each morning and they can opt to be in it, or out of it. The rig is extremely large and has two extra large pop out areas to give the bears plenty of space. We only take a max of three bears when we do these tours and if they don’t WANT to go, they don’t. Jim backs the rig up to their enclosure and they can choose to go in or not. Sonya used to go but lately she has chosen to not go, so she is never forced to. Same for Frankie. They can opt in or out...but sometimes TOO many go in and Jim and Susan have to encourage some OUT. The bears LOVE it. They get undivided attention from Jim and Susan all day which they really like and they have lots of fun things to do. Jim hides peanuts or marshmallows or other treats in the tire or around the enclosure for them to hunt out, and they have another big swing at the far end. They also have toys made of PVC pipe that they spin to get the treats out of (I’ll try to get you a video of that, it’s really neat!).
During the walk through on the other side of the glass you also see interesting bear artifacts (claws, skulls, bear information) and there is a video that talks all about bears, wildlife and our part in it.
Some people have wondered if being away from home ever bothers the bears. I will tell you unequivocally that if ANY bear shows signs of stress or unhappiness, that’s it...home we go. At no time will we ever allow the bears to be uncomfortable or upset in any way.
This is the only event we do anymore that is longer than a day and that is not within an hour of our sanctuary. So if you are not local to us, this is the only opportunity to come and visit and meet us. Come say hello! Ea
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51MIgtyZU40
Yesterday I mentioned a game that Johnathan used to play with Sonya when she was a cub. He would hold his hands out to her and she would put her paws into his hands and he would pull her forward and she would rock back. She LOVED this game and would run to him and extend her paws to him to try to get him to play it with her. He wanted to see if she remembered it, and while it was a lot different now that she is 400 pounds, haha, it is clear she DID remember and still wanted to play it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UBQ92DItM
A very special treat I put together for all of you in honor of Valentine's Day. (Jim is going to KILL me!).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqigmLWLn0c
This totally cracked me up. There has been a stray cat around here that we have seen occasionally for about a year. Just on occasion in the past year but recently it looks like she has stayed, and Susan has been seeing her more and more. Susan being Susan has decided s/he must be fed, and s/he must have a heated cat house for winter in the barn (and yes, we will of course vet him/her when we can get closer, or trap). And so yesterday I ordered the heated cat house and every night Susan puts out food for him/her. Today she caught this on film. HAHA...hysterical.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20dKSmgHMk