Bear euthanized, her cubs left orphaned, over objections of Monrovia city leaders
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State officials have euthanized a bear who swiped a woman in Monrovia over the weekend despite objections from city officials who asked that the female bear and her two cubs be relocated to the Angeles National Forest.The bear charged at the woman and swiped at the back of her knee as she was walking her dog along Oakglade Drive around 9:20 a.m.Saturday, according to Monrovia Police Lt.
Kevin Oberon.A neighbor responded and helped scare the bear away, and the woman was treated for non-serious injuries, police and city officials said.On Tuesday evening, Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik announced that he had received a call from a California Department of Fish and Wildlife official notifying him that the mother bear had been euthanized.
The CDFW did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.“I am sorry to share the unfortunate news,” Feik said in a statement.
“The Monrovia City Council requested and lobbied for the bear and her cubs to be relocated into the Angeles National Forest but the decision was never the City’s to make.”He added that by the time the city made contact with state officials, the decision to euthanize was already made.Climate & Environment A bear linked to a spate of home break-ins in Sierra Madre in June was euthanized amid what city officials say is an uptick in conflict with the hulking animals.Feik said that DNA taken from Saturday’s incident matched DNA taken from a similar incident in June when a bear swiped at an elderly man sitting on his porch in the same area of the foothills city.
The man had fully recovered from his injuries.“Local CDFW officials, as well as those working at state offices in Sacramento, determined the two incidents which caused human injury were sufficient justification to euthanize the bear, according to state policy,” Feik said.Officials captured the female bear and her cubs, who were living in a den unde...