The 40-pound bear cub was delivered shivering and heavily sedated after being driven in the back of a truck with no blanket.

The couple says the Conservation Officer Service refused to take the orphaned cub to a wildlife rescue group, so they took matters into their own hands.

The North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre had been taking care of the cub named Malcolm after it arrived in May suffering from serious emaciation and hypoglycemia.

The small bear was trying to nurse off of its dead mother before Forde and his wife Jennifer Steven jumped into action to rescue it. 

Tory candidate Allan MacMaster said there is overwhelming support to change the province's current policy on rehabilitation for bears