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Community
Nutty Request for Orphaned Bears

By Carolyn J. Phinney LOT. And during the Fall and The Kilham Bear Center orphanage and a bear Ben has

As the cold winds blow and Spring, out in the wild, acorns only became a 5013C nonprofit studied for the last two decades,

snow starts to flurry and speckle are a staple of a bear’s diet. two years ago and does not re- is now 22 years old and has a lin-
the fiery, brilliant sunset skies of They are filled with nutrients in- ceive State funding and relies on eage of over 3 generations. The
fall, bears take Mother Nature’s side that little hard shell. When donations and their personal fi- goal is to prepare each orphaned
cue that it is time to eat up and they come out of hibernation nances. Its wards (45 orphaned or injured bear to be like Squirty;
prepare for their winter’s nap. and there’s not much growing bears, to date) are putting the call thriving within its own habitat.
But what if you are an orphaned in the woods, bears scavenge for out for acorns this fall, and apples For Acorn and Apple dona-

bear? What do you do? Acorns. Ben has been quoted in if there are still some to be had. tions, there is a large bin at the
Thankfully, there is the Kil- saying, “Nothing else lasts as well They are also looking for rough end of Center’s driveway at 72
ham Bear Center. The Kilham as acorns”. Here’s a little tidbit pine boards to aide in the build- Grafton Turnpike Rd, Lyme,
Bear Center has been rehabil- for the next office party or fam- ing of Den Boxes for each cub. NH 03768.
itating and releasing injured, sister, Phoebe, (now, along with ily get together, Bears don’t eat As much as it tugs on the heart To learn more about the Kil-
orphaned and abandoned black his nephew Ethan) have been the shell, they crack it open with stings to want to go visit bear ham Bear Center, how to donate
bear cubs brought to them by the taking in orphaned bears for their teeth, put them on the back cubs, the Kilham Bear Center is monetarily which is always ap-
New Hampshire Fish and Game the last 30 years and preparing of a paw and then separate the not open to the public. Its soul preciated, or for larger donations
Department since 1993, It is the them to be released back out to meat from the shell. I can only mission is to prepare the bears of pine, contact them t (603) 795
only one in the region. Ben Kil- the wild after their first hiberna- wish that some humans had the to survive, and thrive, out in the -4135 or go to: https://kilham-
ham, with his wife, Debbie, and tion in May – June. Bears eat A same patience that bears do. wild. Squirty, a past ward of the bearcenter.org/donate.

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