VANCOUVER --
Animal advocates on the North Shore are asking the public to be on the lookout for at least three black bear cubs believed to have been orphaned in recent incidents.
The North Shore Black Bear Society says the BC Conservation Officer Service has killed two mother bears this week in West Vancouver, orphaning young cubs in the process.
The first bear was killed after entering a home on Gisby Street in the district's Westmount neighbourhood earlier this week. The mother bear likely had two cubs, according to black bear society executive director Luci Cadman.
The second bear was severely injured Thursday after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 1, near the Caulfeild exit, Cadman said. Conservation officers euthanized the bear, which appeared to have been producing milk for at least one cub, according to a post on the society's Facebook page.