Show iliS?flS?w'Tw sw tt JTt 'm?mz' Page 22— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday August 26 1998 ‘Tough love’ used to wean Russian bear cubs By Eleanors Montague Associated Press writer BUBON1DZE Russia — Bear hunting season in Russia opened Aug I and it might seem an pieious time to release two motherless bear cubs into the wild But father-and-so- d gamekeepers Valentin and Sergei Pazhetnov are fanner hunters and they spe- ciaiize in training bear orphans to survive all the dangers of Russia's deep forests especially predators on two legs The sister cubs Prima and Dina were found by a game warden in April Apparently a woman had for so long and now we've released them But I'm sure they'll survive” Bean are plentiful id Russia and hunting is considered part of the national heritage Soviet leaders like Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev showed off their prowess with a hunting rifle in front of visiting dignitaries And there were only a few voices of protest last year when then Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin killed a bear and her cubs on a hunting trip Ironically most cubs are brought to the orphanage by hunters who have killed a mother bear Female bears tend to stay in their lairs in January when nursing their cubs making them sitting tar- disturbed their den provoking an attack by the mother bear which then ran off and abandoned the cubs For four months they have lived at the bear orphanage that the Pazhetnov family nuts as part of an animal sanctuary in Bubonidze a remote settlement 280 miles west of Moscow With the help of international donations the With the help of International donations Valentin and Sergei Pazhetnov have raised and released 64 bear orphans In the last eight years The facility Is the Cubs younger than 3 months have little sight hearing or sense of smell and they can live Inside the wooden cottage with Valentin and his wife Svetlana But once their senses are active they are moved to an enclosure deep in an animal sanctuary where they can learn to climb trees dig dens and scavenge for food The Pazhetnovs provide food and veterinary care but limit contact as much as possible touching the bears only with gloves and rebuffing any overtures of friendship After four months Valentin decided the cubs Prima and Dina Were ready to return to the woods Even though bear season is open most hunters wait until winter when it's easier to find bears in their dens So the cubs will have a few months to get used to bring on their own dig a den and settle in for winter The cubs sedated for the car trip are tagged on the ear and then awakened when they teach an area near their former den As they amble off they pause for a moment their heads poking above the tall grass and look back toward Ithe humans But just briefly Within moments their brown coats fade into the darkness among die trees Pazhetnovs have raised and released 64 bear orphans in the last eight years The facility is the only one of its type in Russia What sets it apart is that the regimen is not warm and friendly Hoe Ore bears are taught with “tough love” and contact with humans Is kept to a minimum Any gesture of friendliness by die bears is met with a swift slap od a tender nose The reason? 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