LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — A bear cub found badly burned in a massive 2014 Washington wildfire has been killed by a hunter.
News outlets report that Rich Beausoleil with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says a team in September set out to find the den of the black bear nicknamed Cinder because her radio transmitting collar stopped working.
Beausoleil says officials hoped the collar stopping transmitting in October 2017 because she was holed up for the winter. The team found her skeletal remains close to where she was set free in 2015.
Cinder was found under a horse trailer after the Carlton Complex fire, her paws so scorched that she was pulling herself along by her elbows. She healed after stints at a California wildlife center and the Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation center.
An orphaned cub released with Cinder was killed by a hunter in 2015.
Associated Press
