Comments about ‘9 black bear cubs headed back to the wild this week’

Is there some scientific reason to release cubs into the wild in December? Seems like a death sentence unless they instinctively know to hibernate and are well fattened up for winter.

Why is the division of wildlife releasing the cubs at this time of year? As they do not have their mother to show them how to find a den is this action essentially condeming them to death by starvation? I cannot understand the state taking this kind of action at this time of year. Maybe in the spring or next summer but now? I wish that the state would rethink this action.

Bears are not true hibernators. Just because they "den up" don't make them hibernators.
And it aint like the mother bear takes them around like a real estate lady and shows them differnt places to "den up" for the winter.