LTWC caring for 9 bear cubs
By Riya Bhattacharjee, NBC
It’s been three months since the adorably cute baby bear Tahoe arrived at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care center, capturing the imagination of hundreds across the country.
The story of her survival – she was mysteriously left on a doorstep one night and transported to LTWC – is a happy one, thanks to her caretakers Tom and Cheryl Millham, who bottle-fed her and looked after her every need.
Now, the Millhams have their hands full with eight new bear cubs at LTWC, the only place in California licensed to care for wild bear cubs.
No one really knows the reason for so many black bear cubs showing up at once. All the cubs are orphans with one exception, Meyers, who was hit by a car at 5 months old.
Millham hopes that all nine cubs will be ready to go back into the wild in about seven months.
Until then, this is home.
LTWC is getting ready to move to a bigger $10 million, 27-acre space nearby and has already raised $3 million towards it.
The center relies entirely on donations, which funds everything from food — it costs about $800 per week to feed growing cubs — to special cages and medicine.
