Man and mother bear rescue cub from fishing net

For Alaska homeowners like Dane Havard, who lives on the Anchorage Hillside, it's not uncommon to see animals in the backyard, but on Monday Havard was witness to an unusual rescue and he caught it on video.

His neighbour helped free a baby black bear that was wrapped up in a dip net. "John, my neighbour, decided to try to pull the truck up, throw out a tow strap with a hook on the end, and try to grab the net without getting out of the truck obviously," Havard said.



The plan was to drag the baby bear back into the yard and cut a hole in the net so the cub could get out out safely, but the mother black bear wasn't interested in being helped. The young black bear was then quickly freed after its mother ripped through the net.

The mother bear then took hold of the cub, giving it a true bear hug. "It's almost as if she's saying, 'Wait until I get you home, I told you not to go up there,' kind of like I do my own kids," Havard said.