00:02These are hungry bears, hungry growing bears.
00:07So these smoothies are a way of feeding the bears all the nutrients they need with the least waste possible.
00:19There are three local supermarkets in town that pack up all of their old fruit that they can't sell anymore.
00:24So we can feed our animals, it's pretty much the only way our animals stay fed.
00:29The bears also get a specially made milk powder mixed into their smoothies.
00:34But there's a problem. Angelica didn't expect this many cubs so early in the year.
00:42We have 16 bears in care now.
00:45They're really hungry.
00:47We usually get three or four, so that's four times as much as the highest number that I was budgeting
00:52for.
00:54The bucket of milk is 360 Canadian dollars.
00:58It lasts us about five, six days right now.
01:01We have a fair amount of money that we need to raise.
01:06There is no government funding, so the shelter relies on private donations to keep all the cubs fed.
01:12We put a press release out. We asked for help.
01:16Angelica speaking, can I help you?
01:18Well, we're having a very, very unusual spring.
01:21We have all these babies and they all need milk.
01:24We're looking at a busy summer, I think.
01:26So we'll see you in a small session.
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