TENDER PAUSE: Adam Deem, 32, of Anderson holds a 8.5-pound bear cub, dubbed Lil’ Smokey, that is more interested in a sugary sucker and some water than in finding its missing mother. The cub was found burned, injured, badly dehydrated, hungry and alone in the Moon Fire close to Buckhorn Summit.

Douglas J. Lannon, Cal-Fire

TENDER PAUSE:
Adam Deem, 32, of Anderson holds a 8.5-pound bear cub, dubbed Lil’ Smokey, that is more interested in a sugary sucker and some water than in finding its missing mother. The cub was found burned, injured, badly dehydrated, hungry and alone in the Moon Fire close to Buckhorn Summit.

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