MONROVIA (CNS) – Questions are being asked Wednesday after a mother bear who swiped at a woman’s leg in Monrovia was killed by state wildlife officials.
Personnel with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife euthanized the bear after the purported attack on Saturday morning as a woman was walking her dog. The woman was not seriously injured.
City officials have objected to the killing of the bear, who had been living in the community with her two cubs. The orphaned cubs have been captured and will be raised in a wildlife facility until they can care for themselves in the wild, said state wildlife officials.
According to news reports, DNA testing confirmed the bear had swiped at a man in the same area in June of 2025.
Officials said that the bear was a public safety risk.
Monrovia City Council members preferred the bears be relocated.
Over 3,000 people had signed a petition to save the bear, which some said was simply exhibiting instinctively protective maternal behavior.
In January, another large black bear was evicted from underneath a home in nearby Altadena after living there for about six weeks.
City News Service has reached out to the CDFW for additional comment.
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