Yosemite sow remains with dead cub for more than 6 hours

[Wildabeest]

Sad but touching story…

Yosemite ranger shares sad encounter with bear whose cub was killed by vehicle

A ranger at Yosemite National Park shared a devastatingly sad story about an encounter they had with a mother bear who could not leave the side of her cub killed by a vehicle.

www.fox13now.com

 

[duckhunt]

That's a bad deal.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Sad indeed. I wonder how long the Ranger waits to move the dead cub (in most other cases anyway). It seems as protective as a mother bear is toward her young, if a Ranger attempts to move it too soon, he may become the victim of a bear attack. I'm sure the sow senses the danger that the cub is in, especially with a human present, then sees a human close to or handling her cub. That could turn real ugly real quick.