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Photo: Left Deputy Garret Gifford - Right Corporal Israel Valdez - Sleeping bear in middle (Deming) – Luna County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Butterfield Trail north of Deming early Monday morning after a resident spotted a bear cub in her yard.
Captain Jose Martinez said the resident called dispatch just after 6 a.m. to report the black bear cub.
Officials estimate the cub weighed 150 pounds.
Martinez said deputies assisted NM Department of Game and Fish officials, who tranquilized the bear cub for transporting to a more bear-friendly location.
Captain Jose Martinez said the resident called dispatch just after 6 a.m. to report the black bear cub.
Officials estimate the cub weighed 150 pounds.
Martinez said deputies assisted NM Department of Game and Fish officials, who tranquilized the bear cub for transporting to a more bear-friendly location.
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