Emaciated Bear Cub May Have Lost Mom to California Wildfire

Emaciated Bear Cub May Have Lost Mom to California Wildfire
An orphaned bear cub walks alone through an area impacted by the Dixie Fire in Plumas County, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2021. Eugene Garcia/AP Photo
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QUINCY, Calif.—Firefighters are keeping an eye on a lone, emaciated bear cub that may have lost its mother to the country’s largest wildfire now burning in Northern California.

The pointy-eared cub is seen rambling solo along a mountain road burned by the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, peering through brush and leaping through plants covered in fire retardant chemicals.