Bear Rescue.

Bear Cub

Jo took Rocco with her and Ron one day to rescue two bear cubs. Some horrible person had killed their mother for her paws and gall bladder.

Now Rocco is completely attached to those cubs. It's all he talks about.

One of them is littler and weaker, not really growing much. The other one is slowly getting bigger and stronger, and he has a blond blaze on one shoulder.

I hope when they're healthy and are released back into the wilderness that blaze doesn't make him an easy target for hunters. I overheard Jo's assistant, Ron, say that, too, when Rocco wasn't around.

Jo said, "We can't predict or worry about the outcome of things. We just get them well and turn them loose if they stand a good chance of surviving." She's not against hunters or hunting, so I wonder how she handles knowing that an animal—like these cubs—could be saved, only to be hunted down later.