{"id":2180,"date":"2013-05-20T19:29:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T00:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T22:29:16","slug":"20-rescued-bear-cubs-nursed-back-to-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/20-rescued-bear-cubs-nursed-back-to-health\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Rescued Bear Cubs Nursed Back to Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This interview and slideshow with Phoebe Kilham is featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhpr.org\/environment\/2013-03-30\/baby-black-bears-nursed-back-to-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Hampshire Public Radio Online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phoebe Kilham is the soft-spoken younger sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/benkilham.com\/Benkilham.com\/BIOGRAPHY.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Kilham<\/a>, the renowned <a href=\"https:\/\/benkilham.com\/Benkilham.com\/BLACK_BEAR_BEHAVIOR.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">black bear behavioralist<\/a> and bear cub rehabilitator, based in Lyme New Hampshire. But he couldn&#8217;t do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeoeducationvideo.com\/film\/32\/bear-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this work<\/a> without her, or the support of his wife, Debbie.<br \/>\nPhoebe&#8217;s dogged determination, every day, to care for and feed these motherless cubs is the essential act that creates for these sad orphans a safe new world they can explore, and come to trust.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/62122804?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"476\" height=\"268\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last spring, the Kilhams were inundated by 20 bear cubs, far more than the usual handful, and it became their job to nurse them back to health, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Among-Bears-Raising-Orphaned-Cubs\/dp\/0805073000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still keeping them wild enough<\/a> to be released once they reach the age of 18 months. (This number was then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2280982\/The-bear-rescuer-Ben-Kilham-father-27-orphaned-cubs-harsh-winter-kills-parents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increased to 27 <\/a>during the harsh winter that followed.)<br \/>\nWell, that\u2019s a lot of mouths to feed, as Phoebe found out.\u00a0 She spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ThoughtCast<\/a> on Ben and Debbie\u2019s deck, within shouting distance of the bear cub enclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Note: all of the photos in this slideshow were taken by Ben or Phoebe Kilham.<\/p>\n<p>To hear a longer audio version of this ThoughtCast interview with Phoebe Kilham, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/phoebe-monofinal12-57mins.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen! 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Phoebe Kilham is the soft-spoken younger sister of Ben Kilham, the renowned black bear behavioralist and bear cub rehabilitator, based in Lyme New Hampshire. But he couldn&#8217;t do this work without her, or the support of his wife, Debbie. 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