Nature Done Wright

    One of the nice things about my job covering the environment and nature for The Record is I get to cover stories like this one on the Local front in The Record today.
   Ten bear cubs were orphaned last spring and sent to a rehab place in Pittstown, NJ.
   The cubs arrived weighing 10 pounds, and now they weigh from 100 to 120 pounds.
   It was time to move them to larger quarters, and yesterday was moving day. The cubs were tranquilized, tagged on the ears, and tattooed inside their mouths (below).
   They also has tissue and blood samples taken.
   They were then carried on tarps to their new digs.
   I am sorry to say that although I took some videos, I have such a bad cold that you would be able to hear my breathing on the videos.  Ouch.
   So I stuck with the still images. My favorite shot is of a bear cub’s paw.
  Just had never seen one up close before. 
   They look clunky but somehow tender. Once they get out in the wild again, I’m sure they’ll be toughened up.
   Also, one look at those claws and you know you don’t want to mess with these guys — even the cubs.
  Which is why they were sedated.