ShareThisJEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. -- Pennsylvania state Game Commission officers have seized a black bear cub from a home in Jefferson Hills.Officials said they found the bear cub last week after receiving a tip that the owner was keeping the animal as a pet.The owner said he bought the animal about two months ago in Ohio and planned to raise it for a short while before selling it. He says the animal is harmless and that it follows him wherever he goes.The Game Commission said the owner did not have the required permit for the animal, which cannot be released back into the wild.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
Bear cub not a pet, Pennsylvania says
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