Russia: Three bear cubs found in cardboard box outside Irkutsk animal shelter

M/S Employee heading for cardboard box left near shelter’s gate, Irkutsk *VERTICAL ASPECT RATIO AT SOURCE* *BUG AT SOURCE*
M/S Shelter worker pulling bear cub out of box *VERTICAL ASPECT RATIO AT SOURCE* *BUG AT SOURCE*
W/S Shelter worker feeding bear cub *VERTICAL ASPECT RATIO AT SOURCE* *BUG AT SOURCE*
C/U Bear cub drinking milk from bottle *VERTICAL ASPECT RATIO AT SOURCE* *BUG AT SOURCE*
M/S Shelter worker *UPSOUND* (Russian): "Bears are about three weeks old. We give them cow's milk.”
C/U Bear cub in shelter worker’s arms
C/U Bear cub yawning
C/U Bear cub in shelter worker’s arms
C/U Shelter administrator feeding bear cub
SOT, Oksana Shchapova, shelter administrator (Russian): "Of course we were surprised, people usually throw away puppies. And then suddenly there are three bears."
Journalist: "Do you remember how often bears are thrown away here?"
Shchapova: "The bear cubs have not been thrown at all before. This is the first time. But, generally, bears have already been in the shelter, they have been brought here before."
Journalist: "Have you approved their age?"
Shchapova: "They are about a month old. Maybe a little more - a month and a week, maybe a month and two [weeks]."
C/U Bear cub growling
C/U Bear cubs on table
C/U Bear cubs sleep on table
M/S Shchapova puts bear cub in box
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Employees of Irkutsk animal shelter K-9 found three bear cubs abandoned in a cardboard box at the entrance of the centre on Wednesday morning.
The little cubs were sleeping when they were found, and after being fed and inspected, the vets assumed that the trio are around four to six weeks old. The person who left the cubs in the cardboard box remains unknown.
K-9s administrator Oksana Shchapova said that this was the first time such an incident had happened at the shelter, but luckily the staff already has some experience working with bears.
After the animal centre published news about the find on their Instagram account, some caring people instantly offered help taking care of the cubs.