Local wildlife rescue helps baby black bear
Healing Haven Wildlife Rescue’s Mark Dallyn is no stranger to rehabilitating black bears into the wild. Healing Haven is the only animal rescue in Saskatchewan permitted and equipped to do so, but this year’s rescue was definitely a team effort.
A six-month-old male black bear was discovered in May by an RCMP officer near Kamsack, Sask., weak and emaciated in a ditch. The officer was able to get the help from Living Sky Wildlife Rehab, based in Saskatoon, and the young bear eventually made his way up to Dallyn’s rescue in Dorintosh, after approval from the Ministry of the Environment.
Dallyn said the baby bear’s health has been steadily improving since its arrival.
“He is now putting on weight like there’s no tomorrow,” Dallyn said. “He’s acting much more normal like a feisty little bear cub again.”