UPDATE: Last night, CT DEEP reported on social media that with the assistance of Newtown officials and the police, the cubs were located in a wooded area of Newtown.
"The cubs appear to be in good health, but DEEP has concerns for their safety due to the risk of continued public interaction. As a result, DEEP will be attempting capture and rehabilitation. Since Thursday, DEEP has been actively involved, deploying DEEP Environmental Conservation Police units and Wildlife Division staff to conduct monitoring in the area over the weekend, and identifying options for rehabilitation if needed.
DEEP Wildlife Division staff will be on-scene in the morning to check the condition of the bears and, if possible to do so safely, remove them from the wild in order to bring them to a rehabilitator. DEEP wildlife biologists will be making every effort to make this process as smooth as possible for the cubs."
In order to make the capture successful, DEEP asks the public to stay away from the cubs to allow them to remain in the area.
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation Police (EnCon) are investigating the killing of a female bear in Newtown that occurred on Thursday, May 12.
The bear, known on social media as Bobbi the Bear #217 (her tag number) has garnered much support from neighbors. A new Facebook page has been created Save Bobbi's Cubs (the photo you see here is courtesy of that page).
DEEP Wildlife biologists and Environmental Conservation Officers are monitoring the situation to assess the health of the surviving bear cubs, in coordination with Newtown officials.
CT DEEP is thankful to the community for the many messages regarding the bear cubs. They say, "Staff from DEEP’s Wildlife division as well DEEP’s Environmental Conservation Police Officers have been actively patrolling the local area since yesterday evening to monitor for any signs of the cubs."
DEEP says, "Remember: feeding or interacting with the cubs could inhibit their ability to forage for natural food and could put the cubs in great danger. To best assist the cubs, monitoring should be left to DEEP and local officials."
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Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) responded to a wooded area in Newtown along with Newtown Officials and Newtown PD after the cubs were located this evening. The cubs appear to be in good health, but DEEP has concerns for their safety due to the risk of continued public interaction. As a result, DEEP will be attempting capture and rehabilitation. Since Thursday, DEEP has been actively involved, deploying DEEP Environmental Conservation Police units and Wildlife Division staff to conduct monitoring in the area over the weekend; and identifying options for rehabilitation if needed.
DEEP Wildlife Division staff will be on-scene in the morning to check the condition of the bears and, if possible to do so safely, remove them from the wild in order to bring them to a rehabilitator. DEEP wildlife biologists will be making every effort to make this process as smooth as possible for the cubs. To help make capture successful, the public should stay away from the cubs to allow them to remain in the area.
