Save Bobbi's Cubs

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to this Mama Bear, now two years gone.

Thanks to Kilham Bear Center and all your efforts, her cubs are now living hopefully happy lives as wild bears in the woods of Vermont.

RIP Bobbi.

30/12/2023

❤️

Indra 2022.

28/06/2023

The Kilham Bear Center in Lyme, New Hampshire, is releasing 137 black bears back into the wild. The animals were brought to the center after they were orphaned or abandoned by their mothers.

09/06/2023

From one of our contacts: “I received confirmation that Izzy and Indy were released in VT.

They are free and hopefully live a long happy life!”

Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. ❤️

05/06/2023

LYME — Across the Upper Valley, adolescents brimming with the vigor of youth are getting ready to graduate from high school and set off from home to take their first steps into the great, wide world.On Thursday, eight young denizens of Lyme also were...

01/06/2023

Officials said the bear barreled through a screen door around 5 o'clock.

20/05/2023

The CT Senate has passed a bill allowing residents to shoot bears in self-defense.

If this becomes law, DEEP would be allowed issue permits to farmers to kill nuisance bears that are damaging crops, livestock or beehives.

Essentially, this will make killings like Bobbi’s legal - in residential neighborhoods.

Please call your state representatives and the governor’s office and tell them not to support this bill.

No law will be able to stop conflicts between humans and bears in Connecticut, key...

12/05/2023

One year gone. RIP Bobbi. Kilham Bear Center is taking good care of your babies.

Please considering donating to help Kilham support Indra, Izzy and the dozens of other bear cubs currently in their care. You can make donations at https://kilhambearcenter.org/donate.

01/05/2023

Yesterday a 6 lbs black bear cub was picked from this tree in a front yard close to a main road where cars were flying in downtown Litchfield. The question remains how long did the cub stay there until DEEP showed up?

Thank you all those that were on the case and for your emails of compassion to me and DEEP and for helping guide the action to a better resolve.

Thank you DEEP for rescuing the cub yesterday instead of today!! (Still a few days late that could have been that cub s life).

One of the issues we have with DEEP outside of supporting and bringing forth HUNTING in black bears legislation, is their utter lack of transparency and proper protocol in regards to black bear cubs.

Their reluctance to discuss with us the issues at hand w transparency when there is a black bear story is because they LOVE CONTROL, and love doing whatever it is they decide to do even if they are wrong.

DEEP picked the cub up, and said he was in great shape, i wonder how after almost a week on that tree at that very young age without a mama bear for days. The good news is he is going to a rehab center instead of DEEPs protocol to euthanize cubs under 6 months old or under 60lbs in weight. We are glad for that, and thankful.
The plan for DEEP is to bring the little one to a rehab center in NY. DEEP will most likely not let us know which until the cub is there.
When we showed up to talk to the Lady of the house and ask for details, she was not home but the cub was already picked up between 2 and 2:35 pm.

If Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) is going to rescue cubs and bring them to rescue centers why not send out an alert and let the public know to not interfere with a rescue instead of letting things explode in social media..state their plan clearly, and move on with it. Instead its an utter lack of transparency such that NO ONE knows what will happen causing legislators and professional Wildlife rehabbers AND THE PUBLIC to worry and continuously question DEEP on their plans.

DEEP it is time to grow out of this 80s and hunters mentality, be straight and transparent with your actions and communications.

Last time with Bobbi the Bear #217 s cubs, they told the public and news to let nature run its course then they said they d pick the little ones up then threatened they would not etc..was like a roller coaster with a different stance almost on a daily basis.

In this case yesterday, it would seem they had been told of the cub earlier last week and said there was no proof so they decided to not even come. Eventually someone put cameras to prove there was a cub there..etc.

WHY THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE? IF YOU ARE AN AGENCY, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR PROTOCOL DOWN. SHAPE UP!

DEEP also never explained why they removed the black bear rehab permit from the very much loved and respected Wildlife in Crisis, Inc. with a valid explanation and back up which was requested several times over the last year!! It seemed highly political which is not at all professional for an agency (and the fact they never responded to the legislators questions in this regard). Its like they do not care of the costs of keeping little cub overnight and sending DEEP agents to dirve little one out of state. If we have our own entity in CT that offers to do it and with the infrastructure, then why not.

Save Bobbi's Cubs Connecticut Wildlife Rehabilitators Association

23/04/2023

Kilham Bear Center just took in their first three cubs of the season, and they are now up to 128 yearlings (including Indra and Izzy).

It costs $3000 to raise a cub. Please help them out by donating at https://kilhambearcenter.org/donate.

95 likes, 0 comments - The Kilham Bear Center () on Instagram: "It has been a busy week or so. We have taken in three cubs born this year. Wilma is the tiny cub..."

15/04/2023

Preet and Indra beat the heat of an eighty-degree day, water boxing and splashing about.

(Indra is the one with the white heart on his chest.)

2,468 Likes, 34 Comments - The Kilham Bear Center () on Instagram: "The pond melted completely out a couple days ago and is now open for water sports! Preet and Indr..."

13/04/2023

From CT Votes for Animals:

Thanks to YOU and the hundreds of other animal advocates who spoke out in support of bears and against the State conducting a bear hunt lottery in CT, the hotly contested proposal to hold a bear hunt in CT was defeated again this year. The bill that passed out of Committee mandates a feeding ban on potentially dangerous animals, including bears, and allows farmers and individuals to kill bears if they threaten harm to persons, crops or pets. While an improvement, the language must be amended to make the feeding ban effective and close the loopholes to stop intentional killing of wildlife. The CT Coalition to Protect Bears, which includes CVA, joined members of the state legislature’s Animal Advocacy Caucus at a press conference to make their case for why hunting will not reduce human-bear conflicts. Rather, they promoted scientifically proven non-lethal methods such as removing food attractants and using bear-proof trash cans. Read more about the real situation of bears in CT in The Coalition’s comprehensive report, “The Truth About CT’s Black Bears.” and on the Coalition's website: https://ctbears.org/.

The struggle to protect CT's bears is not over. You'll be hearing from us soon about the details and the next call to action.

25/03/2023

The fight isn’t over yet. A bill allowing people to kill bears that go after livestock and damage crops has advanced out of committee. If it passes, killings like Bobbi’s will be legal in Connecticut.

Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to allow special state permits to kill bears that threaten or damage crops, livestock or bees. However, they shelved a more contentious proposal to allow a limited bear hunt supported by state environmental officials grappling with an increase in human-bear conflic...

25/03/2023

Much thanks to everyone who submitted testimony and helped us defeat the bear hunt!

She's celebrating because a lottery to hunt bears was defeated today. This afternoon's vote underscores that using proven, scientific non-lethal methods like education and removing food attractants and not hunting will reduce human/bear conflicts.

21/03/2023

How can we sign up to be bear huggers?

19/03/2023

“Bear hunts don’t work as a way to reduce human-bear conflicts, [environmental consultant Laura] Simon said. If DEEP wanted to allow bear hunting as a trophy sport, it should be clear about what it’s doing, she said.

‘Don’t pretend it will resolve nuisance conflicts’ between bears and humans, she said.”

The bear population is growing across suburban Connecticut, as sows as young as 2 years...

16/03/2023

Mitch Bolinsky is the state lawmaker who fielded the brunt of the public outcry when a...

15/03/2023