Since ABR is now down to just eleven cubs who may have to stay until January due to Covid restrictions, the curators decided to move the Rainbow Triplets from Wild Enclosure #3 to Enclosure #2. It is further away from #3 and #4, and will give the curators the opportunity to work in that area without bothering the cubs.
To avoid having to immobilize them, they placed two traps in Acclimation Pen #3, hoping to capture them.
One trap was in the Acclimation Pen, a second one was at the gate.The treats inside piqued the curiosity of one of the cubs.The first cub was trapped, and the trap was quickly replaced. The second cub ventured inside.Working from outside the pen, the curators shut the gate.The third cub, having seen its siblings trapped, avoided that trap, but went into the one that was just outside the Acclimation Pen gate. Caught!Very quickly, the triplets were whisked away into Wild Enclosure #2. The cubs in Enclosure #1 could see what happened.Cubs in Enclosure #1 recognized the Rainbow Triplets, of course. They had smelled them before!
Our next post will reveal how the Rainbow Triplets reacted to their new location. Spoiler alert – their activities and schedule didn’t change.
