WATCH: Deputies spring bear cub from dumpster after mama bear, other cub fall short

How do you rescue a bear cub that's trapped in a dumpster? Very carefully. In a scene worthy of a cartoon, sheriff’s deputies in California used a ladder to free a curious cub that tumbled into a trash receptacle near Lake Tahoe early Tuesday morning -- after the cub's sibling and mother failed in their attempts to help it get out. -- More...

Tuesday morning deputies received a call from a #KingsBeach motel that a #bear cub was trapped in their dumpster. Deputies arrived at the motel & they found the cub’s sibling trying to open the dumpster to rescue their trapped sibling. See what happened next! #LakeTahoe

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— Placer Sheriff (@PlacerSheriff) August 29, 2019