The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation says it has rescued a black bear cub, found alone and starving near Barrhead, Alta., and is working to nurse it back to health.

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The goal is to release him back into the wild in about a year. Advertisement “For the most part, by a year, a bear cub should be able to be fine on their own,” Welch said.

A group that supports the conservation of wild horses in Alberta, Canada, has shared footage from last July, showing a grizzly bear cub’s prolonged assault on a trail camera fixed to a tree.

At a wildlife center in San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats.