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Black bear cubs are often orphaned when their mothers are struck by vehicles or killed by hunters.
To the rescue, literally, comes Angelika and Peter Langen, the proprietors of Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in British Columbia, the world's only licensed grizzly bear rehab facility.
Northern Lights Shelter is crawling with a record number of black bears when a seriously injured new cub comes in. Angelika works around the clock to try to save her. Volunteer Thomas is put in charge of raising a fawn who becomes an internet sensation after a farmer delivered her by roadside C-section.
Angelika needs to start releasing the yearling black bears back to the wild, but tranquilizing the first two proves difficult. Volunteers Kim and Amy try to release two squirrels they've raised from infancy, but the job takes a funny and humiliating turn.
Black bear cubs are often orphaned when their mothers are struck by vehicles or killed by hunters. To the rescue, literally, comes Angelika and Peter Langen, the proprietors of Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in British Columbia, the world's only licensed grizzly bear rehab facility. As shown in this reality series, the Langens care for sick, starving, and injured orphan cubs to prepare them for a second chance at life in the wild. Also helping are son Michael, daughter Tanja, son-in-law Shawn, and a few dedicated volunteers.
Angelika is preparing to move the cubs into a bigger cage when two new traumatized black bears arrive. One is showing signs of extreme stress while the other just curls up in the corner of his pen. Angelika must figure out how to help them both.
Two yearling bears appear too attached to the volunteers to be released to the wild; Angelika must condition them to fear people.
The Northern Lights team prep for their biggest event of the year, the shelter's annual Open House. As hundreds arrive Angelika tries to rescue a fawn mauled by dogs, while Kim worries the crowd might spook one of the shyest bear cubs.
