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Ben Kilham is seen inside his 8-acre forested enclosure with a bear cub, May 12, 2012, in Lyme, N.H. Ben Kilham is the state's only licensed bear rehabilitator. Typically he cares for three to five black bear cubs each winter. But when a bad year for feeding followed a good one for breeding, he ended up with 27 orphaned bears to to take care of for the winter.
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Orphaned black bears are seen playing in a tree inside an 8-acre forested enclosure, Sept. 21, 2012 in Lyme, N.H.
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Black bears are seen inside an 8-acre forested enclosure, Oct. 28, 2012 in Lyme, N.H.
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Ben Kilham is seen at his home in Lyme, N.H on Feb. 7, 2013.
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Orphaned black bears are seen inside an 8-acre forested enclosure, Feb. 5, 2013 in Lyme, N.H.
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Phoebe Kilham is seen inside an 8-acre forested enclosure with a group of orphaned bear cubs, Aug. 17, 2012, in Lyme, N.H.
