Two orphaned black bear cubs at the Alaska Zoo are going to a new home. The cubs will be shipped out early Thursday morning to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The female cubs, roughly nine months old, were found orphaned on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in June. Alaska Zoo Curator Sam Lavin said the zoo had been looking for a facility where the pair could have a permanent home.
The Alaskan bears will be joining an orphaned Louisiana black bear named Sassafras, according to Liz Wilson, a keeper at the Audubon Zoo who is in Anchorage to pick up the bears. “She lives up to her name,” Wilson said. “She is full of sass, she has a zest for life. She’s really engaging with her keepers, she trains well. She’s just a great exhibit bear.”“She is looking to play and roughhouse, so we are definitely seeing those signs that she needs companionship with other bears,” Wilson said.
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