Orphaned grizzly cubs left to own devices for survival

August 21, 2005
Source: Canada.com
Original story — link verified on August 21, 2005

Three orphaned bear cubs will have to fend for themselves after Banff's best-known grizzly was killed by a CP Rail train Friday morning. The bear cubs will face an uphill battle for survival, but Parks Canada officials believe leaving them in the wild is better than human intervention. Their mother, a 10-year-old sow known as Bear 66, was hit by a freight train while feeding on berries on the Canadian Pacific Railway line about eight kilometres east of Castle Junction, between Banff and Lake Louise.

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