One local rehabilitation center is doing exactly that with three bear cubs. Every year, Wild Instincts usually takes in seven or eight bear cubs. Mark Naniot, the Director of Rehabilitation at Wild ...

Bears emerge from their dens in the spring and linger for several weeks. They are not known to reuse the den in the future.

The bear, who was rescued from a brush fire in Wythe County, is now a yearling who weighs a "whopping" 176 pounds.