At around 9:45 a.m, the cub was found beneath some bushes at 69th Street and West Drive by a park conservancy employee who maintains the park grounds.
NEW YORK -- A three-foot bear was found dead Monday morning in Central Park with signs of trauma, sources said.At around 9:45 a.m., the cub was found beneath some bushes at 69th Street and West Drive by a dog-walker in an area that is crowded throughout the day, CBS 2's Dick Brennan reported.'The bicycle was under the bushes and part of the bicycle was sticking out, and that's what we saw,' Florence Slatkin told CBS 2's Matt Kozar.
It's not believed that the bear lived in New York City, but rather was dumped from a car considering the proximity to the roadway, Brennan reported.The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation took possession of the bear and drove it up to Albany where it will undergo a necropsy, 1010 WINS' Al Jones reported.The NYPD is investigating this as an animal cruelty case.Area residents were stunned to learn about the bear.
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