Underweight
Black bear cubs are born in early February every year in New Hampshire. Six months later, they should weigh at least 30 pounds.
If a bear cub doesn’t reach a healthy weight in this time, the staff at the wildlife center know that they have experienced some kind of trauma, are ill, or were part of a large litter. Because these two cubs only weighed 25 pounds when they arrived, they had a long road of treatment rehabilitation ahead.