Polar Bear Rescue

This baby polar bear was found near Alpine in North Alaska (Alpine is the field that Ray manages). At first they just monitored the bear to see if the mother would surface. After a few days, when the mother didn't show up, the fish and game asked Alpine to rescue the bear. She was lethargic, but skittish. Ray secured some food from Dead Horse that the fish and game thought the cub might eat. Ray was one of the first ones to try to feed the bear and get the cub transferred to the proper authorities. The cub was taken to the Anchorage Zoo. The people at Alpine named the cub the Native Alaskan version of Snowflake but the folks at the zoo didn't go for it. There is national protocal of what to do with a rescued polar bear, and the zoo is in the process of doing that now. She is on display at the zoo for about an hour a day. When we saw her, Ray said she had doubled in size. So it looks like she is going to make it!!!!