Palisade peaches help feed a record group of orphaned bear cubs
Talbott Farms sent about 15 tons of unsellable peaches, and apples at cost, to a wildlife rehab in Silt that is caring for more than 30 orphaned bear cubs this year, compared with about five in a typical year.
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Peaches that could not be sold are feeding a much larger group of orphaned bear cubs than usual, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported, in an account carried by the Delta County Independent. Talbott Farms in Palisade sent about 15 tons of that fruit to a wildlife rehab in Silt, along with apples at cost.
The center is caring for more than 30 orphaned cubs this year. A typical year is about five. The donation is this season's unsellable crop pointed at that larger group, not a standing supply for every rehab in Colorado.
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Peach growers in Palisade, Colorado, had fruit they could not sell. Talbott Farms sent about 15 tons of those peaches to a wildlife rehab center in Silt, and also sent apples at cost. The center is raising more than 30 orphaned bear cubs this year. In a usual year it cares for about five. Orphaned means the cubs do not have a mother to feed them. Peaches and apples are part of what the people there can give the cubs while they grow. Fifteen tons is a very large pile of fruit. The news is this year's harvest going to a much larger group of cubs than the rehab usually sees.
- Why would fruit a store will not sell still be useful?
- What does an orphaned wild animal need before it can live outside again?
- How is 30 cubs different from the usual five?
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