Nestof3 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445264,00.html WOODFIN, North Carolina — Police had to halt traffic on a highway in North Carolina to help a mother bear get to her cub after it was struck and killed by a vehicle. Police say the cub was struck Tuesday afternoon and the driver didn't stop. Officers in the western North Carolina town of Woodfin halted cars for about 20 minutes after the mother bear had failed twice at trying to get her 80-pound cub off the busy highway. Sgt. Dawn Roberts says officers stood with rifles while others pulled the cub to the side of the road near the mother. She says the mother bear grabbed the cub by the scruff of the neck and ran off into the woods to tend to its body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaRabbit Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Scoot over, Silly, and pass me a Kleenex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Awww. That is really sad. Pass the kleenex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 That is a sweet story :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Awww. I want to give the mother bear a hug. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in VA Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 :crying: Me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Would you have stopped? Really. If I struck a bear I'd wonder where momma was. It is very sad though. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Oh - how sad. Of course the mama bear wanted her cub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I think all of us mama bears can identify with her to some degree :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Would you have stopped? Really. If I struck a bear I'd wonder where momma was. It is very sad though. Jo I would feel very badly, but I am not sure I would stay to face a potentially angry Mama bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Would you have stopped? Really. If I struck a bear I'd wonder where momma was. It is very sad though. Jo I think if I hit something that weighed 80 pounds I would have a difficult time driving anywhere. I might not have gotten out of the car before the authorities arrived, but I'm pretty sure I would have stopped. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 And I definitely was in tears. It's just so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deidre in GA Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 i'm moved by the officers having the humanity to let the mom retrieve the body. speaks well for the human species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 ...I despise what cars have done to our world. Poor unsuspecting creatures. I'm teary-eyed as well. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I was so hysterical that I could not drive away from the scence and someone had to come and get me. There is no way I could have driven away. Of course, I wouldn't have gotten out of the car but I would have pulled over and called the authorities. I gotta agree I would have foudn it heart breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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