Helping Little Bear

Student does her part to raise money for Two Rivers Wildlife Park enclosure

When Jaylyn Mulholland learned about the efforts to build an enclosure for Little Bear at Two Rivers Wildlife Park, she immediately started looking at ways she could help.

Using her own initiative, the Grade 3 Jubilee Elementary School student enlisted the help of several of her classmates who were equally as excited about joining forces to help Little Bear.

Her project tied in nicely with the students’ studies on leadership and citizenship.

“When I saw that Little Bear needed a place to live, I wanted to do what I could to help make that happen,” Mulholland said.

A fundraising drive is underway to build an 18,000-squarefoot enclosure at the Huntington wildlife park that will house Little Bear. The new home will include a pool and will cost $40,000, not including labour.

People wishing to help build an enclosure for Little Bear can adopt him for $100 and in return the park will send a photo of the cub, a certificate of adoption, his history as well as a stuffed replica of Little Bear.

Mulholland and her team visited every class in the school for three weeks and managed to collect $350. They were able to adopt Little Bear twice — as a school and as a class.

They also adopted several other animals, which will help pay for their shelter and food.

Once the project was complete, the students made presentations for each of the classes. They also put up posters of the adopted animals, including Little Bear, at the entrance to the Sydney Mines school.

Several months ago, Little Bear was rescued by Michael Sylliboy in Whycocomagh and nursed back to health at the Two Rivers Wildlife Park. He was too young to be placed with the other park bears and after being raised by humans, could not be returned to the wild, so efforts are underway to build the enclosure by the end of the year.

Anyone wishing to make a donation, adopt Little Bear or volunteer their time can contact the park at 902-727-2483, visit the park’s website at www. tworiverspark.ca or email the park at tworivers@seasidehighspeed.com.

"when i saw that little Bear needed a place to live, i wanted to do what I could to help make that happen" Jaylyn Mulholland

+6-*& $0--*/4 $"1& #3&50/ 1045 From left, Jubilee Elementary School students Brody Peddle, Jaylyn Mulholland, Jillian Scott and Hallie Clarke show off photos of adopted animals from Two Rivers Wildlife Park in Huntington, including Little Bear.