It’s that magical time of the year. All the tiny little bear cubs are being born—starting the second week of January thru the middle of February.
BEAR League is Thrilled to introduce Mama ‘Sugar Bear’ and her two and a half week old cub, ‘Snow Flake’.
Each year at this time we get calls from Tahoe homeowners that something or someone is crying under their house. Upon investigation, this is usually what we find.
At this point it’s obviously not acceptable to move them, so, after explaining the situation to the homeowner, we expertly set up specially designed and non-invasive camera equipment to keep an eye on the under-house-guests while the Mamas tenderly care for their precious babies and prepare for their emergence into the world in April.
We have a team of BEAR League volunteers who take turns watching the cameras 24/7. Right now we have three homes in the Tahoe Basin with newborn cubs who we are responsible for. We’ll share more clips with our followers so keep checking back in.
It’s important for everyone to keep in mind that neither the homeowners or the BEAR League knew of a bear being under any of these homes until After the cubs were born.
If we get calls up until the end of the first week in January about a bear under a house and there is a chance this is an expectant mother, we look at all the surrounding important details before deciding—with the homeowner—whether to leave her or move her to a better location.
It’s ok and often best to move them to more appropriate location If the yard outside the den is not going to be safe for the young and vulnerable cubs to come out into. Like: busy road nearby, no trees right there to teach the cubs to climb on, unleashed dogs in the neighborhood, neighbors too close who aren’t comfortable with this situation etc etc.
Soon we will introduce you to the other bear families and invite you to fall in love with them and help the BEAR League wish them the Very Best that life has to offer … and pray that the world will be good to them.
BEAR League is a non-profit operating in Lake Tahoe providing education, aversion, response, and policies all in the mission of saving Lake Tahoe’s native bears.
Learn more (and consider becoming a member!) by visiting savebears.org
