Mother bear and her five cubs

MOTHER BEAR AND HER FIVE CUBS PREFACE The sexual maturity of brown bears falls between three and five years. Under good reproductive conditions, young females can give birth every two years. The mating season falls in the months of May and June and during this period the males wander in search of their mates for reproduction. After approximately seven-eight months of gestation, the bear cubs are born in the middle of winter, usually January or February, in some cavity dug to shelter from the winter cold. Generally females give birth to two or three puppies, it depends on the availability of food, the age of the mother and the climatic conditions. The puppies are born almost naked, blind and very small in size, in fact, their weight is around three hundred/four hundred grams. Later, given the high fat content of the mother's milk, the puppies grow very quickly. Before the arrival of the following winter, the puppies must reach a weight of fifteen or twenty kilograms.

During the weaning period, the mother will have to teach them how to survive and in which places to find food. Despite all the precautions and care of the mother, almost half of the cubs die in their first year of life, only a third of the bears manage to survive the fifth year of life. All this premise to tell you the story of a mother bear who, instead of three cubs, gave birth to five.

THE DECISION Mother bear was very happy with this whole litter, but she was also very weakened by the childbirth, so she remained in that large cavity for a few days, waiting for her puppies to grow a little. Three of them were big eaters, but the other two were smaller, ate less and grew less. The mother bear was very sorry to see them like this and tried to encourage them to eat more, she was very attentive to her puppies, she washed them, fed them and kept them away from danger. The little ones began to trot around and the mother bear accompanied them with great care so that they did not get into trouble, but she also played with them, when they all jumped on her. One day they were all walking in a line, the mother bear was leading the group, but the two weakest cubs remained behind, especially one. They were walking through meadows and she realized that she had gone a little too far towards the city, mother bear sees the danger for her cubs, that was a road where cars were whizzing by and they had to cross it to continue their walk. Then she begins the crossing, with her puppies lined up behind her, but as usual two linger and turn back. The mother bear, alarmed by what could happen, goes back to get her cubs. The situation that had arisen was that: the three puppies who managed to get to the opposite side of the road were waiting for their mother while the mother bear and the other two weaker ones were still at the beginning of the crossing. So, the mother bear makes a decision, takes one in her mouth and carries it to the other side, and as he does so the puppy slips from his mouth to the ground and runs back, in the meantime the other three position themselves in the middle of the road, in short, the poor mother of those puppies no

longer knew what to do, he continued to carry the puppies in his mouth from one side of the road to the other, and while he was doing so the others ran away.

THOMAS Meanwhile, some cars had stopped to watch the scene and a driver decides to call the police explaining that there was a very worried female bear with five cubs on the road, because they couldn't cross the road with his entire party. Once the report arrived they called a policeman, Tommaso, who was already nearby and who decided to intervene immediately. arrives at the scene and sees the scene of the mother carrying a cubs in her mouth from across the road, then he goes to get the others who are all in the middle of the street, in short, she no longer knows what to do to save her cubs. You all know that for a mother bear her cubs are untouchable and it could be very dangerous to get close, but the policeman, with great courage, stops the traffic and then waits for the situation to be resolved. Finally some of them are on the side where she wanted, the mother bear goes to get the last cub, but he sat down, he can no longer walk, he is the weakest of the group, so the mother bear, after several attempts, very reluctantly decides to leave him there and goes into the woods with the other four. Thomas, who witnessed the scene, makes an instant decision, he wants to save that puppy, but there is a big danger that if you touch him, an angry mother bear will rush at him and we all know how it could end. Then he opens the door of the jeep, takes the puppy and quickly gets into the car, immediately closing the door. The puppy is safe and so is

Thomas. After calling the nearest veterinary center and explaining the situation, he goes there immediately. The doctors immediately take care of him and begin treatment to make him stronger. Thomas returns home happy that evening he had saved a bear cub.

A SURPRISE The next day a call comes to the Police Headquarters from a forest ranger, who has found a very weakened bear cub and requires someone to intervene. The police think of calling Thomas, given that he had already done his utmost in the other rescue. He arrives at the same spot where he had saved the first bear cub the day before, he heads to where the ranger is waiting for him and sees the teddy bear lying on the ground, very weak, he needs help immediately, his life is in danger. Thomas realizes that he is the little brother of the first rescued cub, so there were five bear cubs! The policeman immediately took action to save him, there was no time to waste, he took the second puppy to the center where he had brought the first, so the two little brothers could be reunited. The teddy bear was very debilitated, he was risking death, so the doctors immediately implemented all intensive care to save him. Little by little he was recovering and after a few weeks he had joined his brother. The two puppies became stronger and stronger and ready to be released into the woods, where they would be reunited with their entire family. The policeman Thomas remained a legend in that place, for having saved two bear cubs, an animal that is in danger of extinction, therefore, he did his utmost by facing a great danger, that of picking up a bear cub in front of the mother and for saving the second one who was destined to die. All's well that ends well, once they were freed in the woods where the two puppies had been found, they started running happily towards the innermost part of the woods, looking

for their mother and siblings. Thomas, every time he is on patrol in those places, remembers with great emotion those moments in which he had the two little bears in his arms and the joy of having given them back to life and to their mother, who had abandoned them with such sadness.

This mini-ebook is dedicated to the bear, and is against its massive killing. It is an animal in danger of extinction and if nature created it, only nature can make it die.

Don’t kill bears!

Bear, cub, policeman, rescue, veterinarian, don’t kill bears

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PREFACE......................................................................................................................... 1 THE DECISION................................................................................................................. 2 THOMAS......................................................................................................................... 3 A SURPRISE.................................................................................................................... 4 Copyright © 2021 NOWO

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