 Three black bear cubs, barely one month old, were found box at the side of a South Carolina road in March, 2013. (Appalachian Bear Rescue)
|
A volunteer firefighter and his family found three baby black bears, barely one month old, unscathed in a cardboard box at the side of a South Carolina roadway last weekend.
Firefighter Brandon Poole told Fox Carolina 21 he heard pig-like squeals coming from the box before he realized they were bears.
The Appalachian Bear Rescue in Townsend, Tenn., is taking care of two of the cubs while the third was sent to another facility.
The cubs each weighed less than 3 lbs. when they were found and are being bottled fed.
"Both cubs are humming and making all of the little cubby noises they should. These cubs, like all others, always deserve a second chance," curator Coy Blair said.
The orphan bears will be cared for at the centre until they are large enough to release into the wild.
It's not clear how the bears ended up on the side of the Oconee County road.
