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For the last few days, bear activists have been staging a round-the-clock bodyguard operation, including sleeping out in the woods, to protect a cub and a home-raiding bear that the state has targeted for “lethal removal.”

The bear in question is a young mother, with a cub by her side.

“This bear and its cub came very close to igniting a fire and burning down a house, and potentially creating a forest fire,” said Peter Tira, spokesperson for the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

As emergency responders dealt with that situation, mother and cub fled up a nearby tree.

Bryant said she would like the mother bear and her cub to be left alone, but if Fish and Wildlife won’t allow that, she wants the bear to be trapped and transported to a bear sanctuary out of state, while her cub could be rehabilitated and released back into the wild.