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Wildlife officials, vets ‘optimistic’ tilapia skin will heal bear cub severely burned in California fire

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  • By MORGAN WINSOR

Aug 9, 2018

PHOTO: A young, female bear with paws badly burned in the Carr Fire is rescued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and is treated with fish skin.California Department of Fish and Wildlife
WATCHBurned bear cub undergoes unique therapy

A black bear cub that was severely burned when a wildfire roared through her habitat in Northern California is receiving a fishy treatment that officials and veterinarians hope will heal her quickly so she can be released back into the wild.

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The yearling female cub was found alone on Aug. 2, lying in ash and unable to walk on her burned paws, in an area near Whiskeytown, where the Carr Fire ignited last month before scorching tens of thousands of acres across Shasta and Trinity counties. Wildlife officials who were notified of the injured animal tranquilized the cub and transported…

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  1. Poor baby. I hope she does well. To think this fire is the result of human activity, no matter which way you look at it, carelessness, arson, climate change, too much encroachment of development into wilderness, overuse of water, and ad infinitum, is very dismaying.

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