Polar Bear Cub Rescued At Alaska Oil Field

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wanted: A zoo for an orphaned polar bear cub that was rescued at an Alaska oil field.

Officials from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage were helping to escort the 17-pound cub from the North Slope, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday. The female cub, estimated to be at least 4 months old, was herded into a net and kept in a large dog kennel, said Rosa Meehan, the Fish and Wildlife Service marine mammals manager in Alaska.

"It was initially shaking from the stress, but it settled down and has been resting quietly," she said.

The cub will stay at the zoo until a home is found, said zoo office manager Heather Schaad. The zoo already has two polar bears and four other bears and doesn't have the facilities to keep the cub permanently, Schaad said. ............(more)

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