Aug 17, 2012
Young bear wanders into town, becomes a temporary family pet [4 pictures]
Recently, a young sloth bear accidentally followed a herd of goats into Lakhapada, India where he made friends with the Kisan family. They fed him…
…played with him…
…generally tended to him…
…and kept him around like your ordinary family pet…
…until wildlife officials arrived earlier today to remove the cub to a more sensible habitat.
(via Animal Tracks)
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This is the absolute best!
Awww
Kinda reminds me of The Jungle Book except the other way around. Too cute!
The problem is, he now associated humans with food. Not so cute when he bites someone…still a wild animal and should be treated as such. There are many, many true stories of people who kept wild animals, even thought the animal
“loved” them, and one day the animal hurts or kills them