A couple of bear cubs have been abandoned by their mother since last Friday. She went away after being woken by an off pist alpine skier in Jämtland, Sweden. The skier had to be taken to hospital, but will survive. It is less certain that the bear cubs will survive.
The authorities have debated on whether they should take care of the cubs or not. It looks like they will not. They still hope the mother will return to her cubs in time to feed them. The mother was last observed about a kilometre from her cubs.
If I were in charge of these authorities, I would tell them to get hold of the mother and transport her back to her cubs. I am sure she would take care of them as soon as she would be reunited with them.
Would you think this is an intervention in nature, that nature has to have its way? In that case, the off pist skier's action was also an intervention in nature, and transporting the mother back to her cubs would just be an intervention to set status quo back. If the off pist skier is also considered a part of nature, well, then the transportation of the mother back to her cubs is also a part of nature. I consider humans and their actions to be part of nature.
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