Bears, other critters at PAWS in Lynnwood need human help

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There’s a bear boom at PAWS, the Lynnwood-based nonprofit that shelters and rehabilitates animals. Just as the pandemic has increased human needs, it has been costly for groups that help critters.

In February, a tiny brother and sister arrived at the agency’s Wildlife Center. American black bears, they weighed about 1½ pounds each.

Their mother ran away after a researcher in southwest Washington inadvertently disturbed her den, scaring her off, said Dr. Nicki Rosenhagen, a wildlife veterinarian at the center.

“We now have 10 orphan bears,” said Laura Follis, PAWS director of marketing and communications.

Seven rescued black bears are due to be released back into the wild next week by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rosenhagen said. Those two babies, now at least 12 pounds each, will be in PAWS’s care until the spring of 2021, Follis said.

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