A Monrovia group is heartbroken after a mom black bear was euthanized this previous weekend. On Saturday morning, the bear swiped at a lady whereas strolling her canine, an instinctive act to guard her new child cubs, which have been sheltering in a den beneath a close-by house. The girl sustained minor accidents, whereas her canine remained unhurt.

The California Division of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) captured the mom bear and her two cubs on Sunday after that they had been hiding underneath a home. DNA testing confirmed that the mom bear had been concerned in a earlier human‑bear encounter in the identical neighborhood in 2025, and officers made the troublesome resolution to euthanize her.

“I’m sorry to share the unlucky information. The Monrovia Metropolis Council requested and lobbied for the bear and her cubs to be relocated into the Angeles Nationwide Forest, however the resolution was by no means the Metropolis’s to make. By the point we have been in a position to communicate with state officers concerned within the decision-making, the choice to euthanize was already made,” mentioned Dylan Feik, Monrovia metropolis supervisor.

The bear’s new child cubs have been safely taken to a wildlife facility, the place they’re receiving care and are anticipated to in the future be returned to the wild.

Animal advocates emphasize that the mom bear’s conduct was a pure maternal response.

Many locally are heartbroken over her loss and level out that human growth into bear habitats is growing the frequency of such incidents. The bears have been merely following instincts which have allowed their species to outlive for generations.

Although the mom bear’s life ended tragically, her cubs will develop up with the instincts she fought to guard and, hopefully, in the future return to the wild. Animals performing in self-defense ought to by no means be killed for merely being wild.