Zoo helps mountain lion cub burned in wildfire

An injured, orphaned California mountain lion, found by firefighters clinging to life two weeks ago near a wildfire, has some new companions to bond with as he continues to recover. male lion, nicknamed Captain Cal after fire ncy which found him, has been recovering from burns at Oakland Zoo Veterinary Hospital.

Wednesday he met two or orphaned sibling female cubs, also found in same fire zone in Shasta County. Vets say mountain lions are social animals and interaction should help with ir physical and mental recovery. Cal still has bands on his badly burned paws so zoo is keeping ir enclosures separated by bars for w to ensure those bands stay on.

zoo says Cal's wounds are healing nicely and he's walking and moving around better than expected. Cal has doubled his weight since he was brought to zoo and w weighs about nine pounds. He's estimated to be 6 to 7 weeks old, about same as two females.

zoo says, since y were orphaned at such a young , all three cubs will t be able to be released back into wild. But zoo says all three will be stay toger and eventually end up in same accredited yet-to-be-determined zoo. 

(Im Credits: Oakland Zoo)