It is new to NLWS that so many cubs arrive this late in the season. We attribute the lack of colder temperatures to be the cause of this phenomenon.
Cubs such as this little one from Christina Lake, should be hibernating by now, but are still running around searching for feed that is no longer available. They start loosing weight quickly and then are no longer able to successfully hibernate.
We are currently caring for 31 of these cubs and will need to feed them throughout the winter. In comparison we in 2020 we fed 11 cubs through the winter and in 2019 10 cubs, so we tripped our winter care number for 2021/22