Bow’s 6-year-old daughter Becky let us see her 3 cubs well enough to determine that they are a male and two females, but we have yet to get an ID picture of the second female. For ID pictures, we try to get pictures that show their muzzle patterns, eyebrow patches, and other markings like chest blazes, scars, etc. None of Becky’s cubs have chest blazes even though Becky has a distinctive one. We’re looking for an opportunity to getting an ID picture of the second female and a family picture of them all together for comparison.
 Becky's female cub |
 Becky's male cub |
Bow, the 22-year-old grandmother of Becky’s litter had only one cub this year, which makes us wonder if this will be her last litter. We hope she makes it at least another two years to learn more about the age they have their final litters.
For 25-year-old RC, the great grandmother of this lineage, we’re watching to see if she will have another litter in 2025 after having a single male cub last year when she was 24.
We’re still trying to learn the sexes of Ursula’s two other cubs after getting a picture of one that is a male.
Thank you for all you do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center