Another bear cub killed by vehicle in South Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The sixth bear in five weeks has been hit by a car and killed between South Lake Tahoe and the West Shore.

Late Wednesday night, August 15, an unknown car hit one of three bears attempting to cross Highway 50 near Edgewood Circle. The mother bear then drug her cub off the road into the wooded area near the bike path and remained there with her other cub until Toogee Sielsch of the Bear League arrived at 7:00 a.m. Thursday to remove the cub.

Sielsch had to move mom off the body using aversion techniques, and she left. The other cub ran up a nearby tree. He then took the deceased cub to El Dorado County Animal Control.

In the photo above, Brad Scott got a photo of the family in May when the cubs were about eight pounds.

What normally happens is a mother bear will cross a street, then when on the other side her cubs will bolt across. Sielsch wasn't there but guessed that is what happened in this instance. At night it is hard for drivers to see dark bears in area without lights.