Wildlife park: Bear cubs rescued after mother is euthanized
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A wildlife rescue park south of the Grand Canyon is caring for two orphaned cubs after their mother was euthanized.
The 4-month-old black bears had been rescued from a treetop in Arizona's White Mountains over the weekend. A local tree trimmer carried one down in a backpack, and the other male climbed down on its own.
Their new home is at Bearizona in Williams.
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it euthanized the cubs' mother because she already had been removed once from the town of Pinetop-Lakeside.
Spokesman Bill Andres says a local resident was issued a written warning for leaving out a buffet of strawberries, oatmeal, peanuts and water for the bears.
He says authorities learned the adult bear had cubs only after she was put down.