KUSA — Remember the young bear cub who suffered severe burns on her feet from the 416 Fire in southwestern Colorado?
Well she’s doing a lot better these days, according to an update from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Photos from the agency show how well the cub’s paw have healed up since she was found and taken to the Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
The cub was discovered wandering alone near the south end of the fire during the week of June 18.
When firefighters noticed her mother wasn’t around, they called in wildlife officers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to help.
Treatment for the cub included applying a medicinal salve dressing to her paws, and then wrapping them in multiple layers of gauze and medical bandages every two days.
In nearly a month's time, the cub's paws have healed so well, she's started tearing off her bandages.
“When her feet hurt she left them alone. But as she began to feel better she became more active and pulled them off,” Michael Sirochman, manager of the Frisco Creek facility said in a news release.
The cub has since joined four other orphaned bear cubs at CPW's wildlife rehab center in the San Luis Valley.
