A black bear was hit by a automobile and killed on a Tennessee freeway after it discovered a scrumptious snack on the aspect of the street whereas it was bulking up for winter, officers with the Appalachian Bear Rescue stated on Facebook.
The rescue group, or ABR, stated it obtained a report of an grownup black bear that had been struck and killed on Highway 321 coming into Townsend, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
But the bear “was left in a spot a lot too harmful for ABR curators to get to securely,” company stated, as a result of the street in that space of the freeway “shortly turns into steep and curvy as you get nearer to the mountains, providing low visibility for drivers.”
The group stated it was necessary to maneuver the bear from that space, not solely to get it out of the best way of oncoming visitors, but in addition to see whether or not the bear was a male or a feminine as a result of if it have been a feminine, there may have been cubs close by.
On Wednesday, curators with ABR and the city’s police chief decided the bear was a male. While inspecting the bear’s stays, they then noticed what drew the bear to the busy freeway within the first place — a platter of pancakes.
“Not even a foot away from the deceased bear lay a platter of discarded pancakes,” the ABR stated. “With fall hyperphagia in full swing, the male bear in all probability noticed the pancakes as a simple, excessive caloric meal.”
The ABR continued: “Unfortunately, this meal was the final meal he would ever have.”
The company reminded residents to dwell responsibly within the space, the place black bears are widespread. Securing your meals, rubbish and recycling is essential, the ABR stated, including that throwing undesirable meals and trash within the wild is “harmful for not solely bears however all different wildlife as properly.”
“We hope to make use of this message to induce the general public to chorus from littering alongside our mountain roadways and hopefully save a future bear’s life within the course of,” the ABR wrote.