Bear cub checks out new digs at the zoo

October 21, 2005
Source: Rocky Mountain Outlook
Original story — link verified on October 22, 2005
By Cathy Ellis

A grizzly bear cub, orphaned when his mother was struck and killed by a train near Banff, will now only ever know life behind a cage in captivity. Parks Canada has ruled out returning the nine-month-old bear to the wild because the young cub is highly habituated to people, but the Calgary Zoo this week agreed to extend his stay a little longer.

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