{"id":12887,"date":"2019-05-30T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/resorts\/?p=12887"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:26:17","slug":"bearizona-celebrating-national-black-bear-day-and-anniversary-of-cubs-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/resorts\/news\/bearizona-celebrating-national-black-bear-day-and-anniversary-of-cubs-rescue","title":{"rendered":"Bearizona Celebrating National Black Bear Day and Anniversary of Cubs’ Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Saturday, June 1, join Bearizona<\/a> in celebrating National Black Bear Day and the one-year anniversary of the park’s adoption of four black bear cubs. The day will include a $5 donation per car entering the wildlife park which will benefit the Appalachian Bear Rescue<\/a>. Bearizona hopes to use the day to educate the public about North America’s most common bear, raise funds for rescue efforts and dispel myths about the black bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2018, Bearizona adopted four orphaned black bear cubs after their mothers were euthanized for being too habituated to humans and entering civilized neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first two rescues were 5-month-old male cubs from Pinetop-Lakeside who made national news when they were discovered hiding at the top of a 75-foot tree one day after their mother was taken by the Arizona Game and Fish Department from a residential neighborhood. A local resident had been feeding the bear daily and this was the second time the Arizona Game and Fish Department had attempted to relocate this bear from a residential area back into the wilderness, which meant she ultimately had to be put down. Unfortunately, the mother was euthanized before the department discovered she had two helpless 15-pound cubs that were unfit to survive in the wilderness without her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bearizona rescued two more five-month-old black bear cubs the same month, in June 2018, when their mom was euthanized by White Mountain Apache Tribe Game and Fish after entering multiple campgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the bears, named Bjorn, Ole, Naki and Dala, are doing well and thriving in their new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n