{"id":64067,"date":"2018-07-03T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/burned-bear-cub-gains-international-attention-seen-as-symbol-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2018-07-04T03:36:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:36:07","slug":"burned-bear-cub-gains-international-attention-seen-as-symbol-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/burned-bear-cub-gains-international-attention-seen-as-symbol-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Burned bear cub gains international attention, seen as symbol of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A female cub was found with bad burns on its paws from the 416 Fire. The story of the bear\u2019s rescue has been told thousands of times by national and international news outlets.<\/span>Courtesy of Joe Lewandowski\/Colorado Parks and Wildlife<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The story of a burned bear cub found near the southwest end of the 416 Fire has garnered international attention and resonated with readers, who suggested a range of fire-inspired names for the young cub.<\/p>\n

Thousands of news agencies, including outlets in Russia, the Netherlands and Brazil, have recounted how firefighters found the female bear cub in late June and called in wildlife officers to rescue it, said Joe Lewandowski, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think anytime humans are helping wildlife, people can empathize,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The bear is now being treated for four severely burned paws at the Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Del Norte and is expected to be released back into the wild.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is doing as well as can be expected. Her feet seem to healing,\u201d Lewandowski said.<\/p>\n

While CPW does not name rescued animals because doing so is a form of anthropomorphism, The Durango Herald invited readers to suggest names for the bear and received many appropriate and clever monikers.<\/p>\n

Readers floated Cinderella, Sparky, Ember, Cinnamon Smoke, Flame, Fuego, Smokette and Phoenix among more than 70 responses. There were also votes for Drew Beary More, Tender Foot and J.C., in reference to Junction Creek.<\/p>\n

Falls Creek Ranch residents Barry and Mary Ann Bryant were among several readers who suggested Hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope she survives and lives a full life, and we hope our beautiful and loved forests recover quickly,\u201d the couple wrote in an email to the Herald.<\/p>\n

Bears are a fairly regular sight near the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision, and when the couple saw a cub was injured, they thought immediately of the bear families they have observed near their home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have a respect for the bears and a kinship to the bears,\u201d Mary Ann Bryant said.<\/p>\n

The 416 Fire burned canyons near their home. It is possible they may not see as many bears in the near future in those areas, but they were heartened to hear about a mom and her cubs swimming in a nearby lake recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is another young family still doing fine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A reader from St. Louis, Denise Beggs, suggested Bernadette for the young bear, in part because the cub\u2019s fur reminded her of actress Bernadette Peters\u2019 red-gold hair.<\/p>\n

Beggs has been following the fire closely because she loves the area and she sees the cub as a symbol for the recovery that\u2019s going to happen after the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s going to come out and be as good as new,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

mshinn@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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