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New York wildlife rescue busy caring for orphaned black bears: ‘Miracle they survived’

April 14, 2025
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New York wildlife rescue busy caring for orphaned black bears: ‘Miracle they survived’
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HUNTER, NY – A New York state wildlife rescue has cared for eight yearling or black bear cubs this winter and spring after an unusual number were found without their mothers and extremely malnourished.

Friends of the Feathered & Furry (FFF) Wildlife Center in Hunter, New York, is the only state-certified wildlife rescue still accepting black bears, but co-founder David Loverde told FOX Weather that someone needs to do it.

“They wouldn’t have made it,” Loverde said after recently taking in the latest young orphaned black bear this season.

Loverde founded the FFF Wildlife Center in 2011 with his late wife, Barbara “Missy” Runyan, to rehab injured and orphaned wildlife.

The nonprofit has been extremely busy over the past year caring for orphaned black bears, fox kits, bobcat kittens and all types of feathered friends. 

According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Hunter Mountain Resort employees found the latest young bear along the Madison Square ski trail on March 15.

Environmental Conservation police officers responded and contacted Friends of the Feathered & Furry Wildlife Center to help with the cub. 

Friends of the Feathered & Furry in upstate New York has cared for eight cub or yearling black bears this winter and spring.
Friends of the Feathered & Furry in upstate New York has cared for eight cub or yearling black bears this winter and spring. Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center

The cub was so weak that he could barely walk and weighed only 15 pounds, little enough that Loverde carried him out of the woods by hand.

He said he believes the cub survived a very cold winter alone after losing his mother and barely finding enough nutrition until warmer weather arrived.

“If that bear was with its mother, it would be 40-50 pounds,” Loverde said.

One of the bear cubs in an enclosure at the center.
One of the bear cubs in an enclosure at the center. Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center
Malnourished black bear cub in a cage at the Friends of the Feathered & Furry Wildlife Center in New York state
The bears were found without their mothers and extremely malnourished. Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center

The black bear was so frail that he couldn’t eat solid food. Loverde and volunteers nourished the young bear with baby food and formula until he could eat solids.

Now, the little bear is up to 21 pounds. He is enjoying exploring his outdoor enclosure until he can be introduced to the other bears rescued by FFF this winter and released back into the wild. 

Loverde said in previous seasons about three yearlings have been found and taken in by FFF Wildlife Center. 

One of the bear cubs getting fed at the wildlife center.
One of the bear cubs getting fed at the wildlife center. Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center
A malnourished black bear cub with its tongue out at the Friends of the Feathered & Furry Wildlife Center in New York.
FFF is the only New York state-certified wildlife rescue still accepting black bears. Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center

Without FFF, these young bears would likely not have survived the cold winter.

“It’s a miracle they survived,” Loverde said. “Bears lose about one-third of their weight in winter.”

Loverde couldn’t speculate about what happened to the orphaned bear cubs’ mothers, but there are many environmental and human risks to wildlife. 

These young bears will eventually be released back into the wild as soon as they are ready.

As the only New York state wildlife center rehabilitating bears, FFF Wildlife Center relies on donations and volunteers to do the work they do. If you want to help FFF Wildlife Center continue its work, the nonprofit accepts donations on its website.

The post New York wildlife rescue busy caring for orphaned black bears: ‘Miracle they survived’ appeared first on New York Post.

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