{"id":366975,"date":"2026-04-06T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:42:09","slug":"two-orphaned-bear-cubs-rescued-on-vancouver-island-after-mom-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366975\/","title":{"rendered":"Two orphaned bear cubs rescued on Vancouver Island, after mom found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, a not-for-profit organization that cares for the well-being of wildlife on Vancouver Island, B.C., says it has admitted two young orphaned black bear cubs. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout-North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (mandatory credit)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 6, 2026 | 12:45 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>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>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\u2019s first intakes of 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The recovery centre, located in Errington, northwest of Nanaimo, says in the statement that it\u2019s believed the mother was killed in a predator attack. <\/p>\n<p>It says that it\u2019s always unfortunate when wildlife need its care, but they are \u201cgrateful these cubs were found and given a second chance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, a not-for-profit organization that cares for the well-being of wildlife on Vancouver Island,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-366975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}