The three cubs were not injured and vanished into the woods after the incident, which occurred about 11 p.m. on West Coast Road
A mother bear was struck and killed by a vehicle along West Coast Road near Sooke on Thursday night — and now the hunt is on to save her three cubs.
The three cubs were not injured and vanished into the woods after the incident, which occurred about 11 p.m., the Conservation Officer Service said.The service said in an email that it was not the same bear family unit that officers were monitoring in Colwood. The number of bear sightings on the West Shore and Sooke areas has increased this month, as black bears increase their feeding to start the hibernation process.
The Conservation Officer Service is liaising with wildlife biologists from the Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship and the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, a permitted rearing facility based in Errington, to facilitate the safe capture and transfer of the cubs. A spokesperson for the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre said Friday that staff were headed to Sooke to help conservation officers track the cubs.The public is asked to report cub sightings to the Report All Poachers and Polluters hotline at 1-877-952-7277.
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