Wildlife rehab for bear found in Oregon drugstore

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141022/us--bear_cub-store-ebfbc8c4b7.html

Oct 22, 7:51 PM (ET)


This Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 still image from Video provided by Robin A. Bishop shows a bear cub walking through a Rite Aid store in Ashland, Ore., Sunday Oct. 19, 2014. Witnesses say the cub first showed up Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 at a nearby hotel, hopped out a window and crossed the street to the Rite Aid in Ashland, a city just north of the California border. (AP Photo/Robin A. Bishop)


ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — A black bear cub found wandering the aisles of an Oregon drugstore will be raised with the goal of releasing him into the wild next year.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday the bear has been taken to the PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood, Washington, for rehabilitation.

Director Jennifer Convy says rehabilitation staff care for bears with hands-off methods designed to mimic conditions in the wild, and they maintain an animal's fear of people.

Police scooped the cub into a shopping basket Sunday at the Rite-Aid store in Ashland while shoppers took video on their smartphones.

The department says they hope to release the bear somewhere in southern Oregon next spring.
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Information from: KGW-TV, http://www.kgw.com/

[joeybee12]

1. What a cutie...

Looks pretty small...he must have been with Mom at least this past summer, but he doesn't look that old...I think something happened to Mom and he'd been on his own for a while...he lucked out.

[adirondacker]

2. "found wandering the aisles of an Oregon drugstore"

[KittyWampus]

3. Right On! Glad someone got there first.

[adirondacker]

4. They should name him Jerry.

[shenmue]

5. The poor thing!

[customerserviceguy]

6. Clearly, the strangest story I have read

that had the words 'drug' and 'rehab' in the title.

[AtomicKitten]

7. Glad he's safe now.

[Duppers]

8. youtube also has a clip

Awww.

[KittyWampus]

9. Squee!