We had the opportunity to visit the BC Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Kamloops, B.C. in our travels last month. Their focus is on rehabilitating animals that are brought in to the centre – orphans and injured animals. They have some animals that have not been able to be rehabilitated and are there permanently.
We found this very interesting, and one animal we really enjoyed watching was the grizzly. They have two, a brother and a sister, who were orphaned.
We don’t have grizzlies in our area. The most notable difference in them from other bears is the hump on their back.
I know they can be fierce, but this next picture makes me think of a large teddy bear.
The people at the centre hide their food so that they have to hunt for it, much like they would in the wild.
One thing I didn’t realize about them is that they climb trees very easily. Both of the bears climbed the trees.
Their claws are between 2 and 4 inches long – scary looking! I was glad there was a fence between them and us, especially when I saw how easily they pulled up rocks and logs when looking for their food.
