Ontario Driver Fed Injured Bear Cub Taco Bell, Drove It 10 Hours to Rescue Centre

A motorist who found an injured bear cub in the middle of the road in Northern Ontario took it into his van for a 10-hour drive to Windsor, feeding it Taco Bell takeout before eventually finding a wildlife rescue centre to take it in.
The van driver found the bear on the road in Cochrane, according to Myriam Armstrong, executive director at Chatham’s Pet and Wildlife Rescue Centre, about an hour from Windsor.
Armstrong got a call from Windsor Police at around 6 p.m. after they were notified about a bear in a van. After speaking with police, she offered to temporarily take in the animal.
“[The cub] was probably hit by a car because it was in the middle of the road,” said Armstrong. “It didn’t show any injuries, but we could see that it had some trauma just because of the way it was acting. It was a little bit delayed in its actions.”
Armstrong said she spoke with the man who found the bear. He told her the bear was friendly and that he fed it food from a Taco Bell.
When the bear arrived at the rescue centre, staff found it was dehydrated and “in a bit of distress,” said Armstrong.
The owner of a bear rescue centre that took the animal the next day said the animal probably suffered a concussion from a collision with a vehicle, and that it is now recovering.
“We always advise people to not feed them, because you don’t know what’s going on with them,” said Armstrong.