{"id":587078,"date":"2026-04-07T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587078\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:55:10","slug":"two-orphaned-bear-cubs-rescued-on-vancouver-island-after-mom-found-dead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587078\/","title":{"rendered":"Two orphaned bear cubs rescued on Vancouver Island, after mom found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ERRINGTON \u2014 A wildlife sanctuary on Vancouver Island has taken in two young black bear cubs after their mother was found dead in their den.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre says in a Facebook post that the cubs were discovered by members of the public and they are the centre&#8217;s first intakes of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The recovery centre, located in Errington, northwest of Nanaimo, says in the statement that it&#8217;s believed the mother was killed in a predator attack.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It says that it&#8217;s always unfortunate when wildlife need its care, but they are &#8220;grateful these cubs were found and given a second chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since their arrival, the centre says the two cubs have grown &#8220;leaps and bounds&#8221; from just 1.5 kilograms to almost 5.5 kilograms, and continue to put on weight quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It says most B.C. black and brown bears hibernate for four to six months a year, emerging around April, although Vancouver Island bears may come out earlier because of the milder climate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERRINGTON \u2014 A wildlife sanctuary on Vancouver Island has taken in two young black bear cubs after their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,1501,60026,66,36245,323,83725],"class_list":["post-587078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cubs","tag-north-island-wildlife-recovery","tag-science","tag-vancouver-island","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-sanctuary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}