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Bear cub rescued by Colorado wildlife officers near Evergreen
A bear cub stuck in wire fencing near Evergreen was rescued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers Saturday and reunited with its mother.
The black bear cub became stuck in wire fencing and while its mom was in a nearby tree, she was unable to rescue the cub, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said in a post on X.
Kids can get into everything, even bear cubs. Wildlife officers responded to a cub stuck in some gnarly wire fencing in Evergreen on Saturday. The sow is nearby, but she’s not able to help free her cub. That’s where we step in to lend a hand. pic.twitter.com/cWWybERfeS
— CPW NE Region (@CPW_NE) June 2, 2024
Officers sedated the sow with a tranquilizer so she wouldn’t interfere with their rescue efforts and restrained the cub with a catch pole while they cut it free of the wire fencing.
In a video posted by the agency, officers are seen restraining the snarling cub and cutting through the fence in less than a minute before freeing the bear cub.
Officers then hazed the sow and her cub with K9 officer Samson to make sure they wouldn’t return and get stuck in the fence again. A video shows Samson barking at the bears as they retreat into the forest.
The encounter was “a complicated rescue with a happy ending,” CPW officials said in a post on X.
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