The three rescued cubs were relatively healthy but thin after it was determined the mother was absent for about two weeks before their rescue, zoo officials said.

The three adorable mountain lion cubs named Fern, Thistle and Spruce were believed to have been orphaned after their mother was killed by a car.

The Oakland Zoo last weekend rescued a trio of orphaned mountain lion cubs out of San Mateo County, according a news release Wednesday.

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs, Fern, Thistle, and Spruce, rescued in California’s Portola Valley, are being cared for at Oakland Zoo after losing their mother to a car accident. Found malnourished,