A black bear cub rescued after being harassed and pulled out of a tree for a photo op has been released back into the wild. Wildlife officials found the female cub wet and cold in a retention pond at an apartment complex in Asheville,

In a move that drew anger from people across the nation this spring, a young bear cub reluctantly pulled from a tree for a selfie photo in North Carolina has returned home to the wild, months after spending time in rehabilitative care, state officials said.

Getty Images Wildlife can be extremely cute. Don't get me wrong, there have been times where I have wanted to snuggle up with a wild animal. Perhaps even take it home. However, I don't because I know deep down that is not the right thing to do.

The orphaned female cub was successfully released into an undisclosed and remote area in the mountains of western North Carolina.

A bear cub pulled from a tree in Asheville last spring for a "selfie" was just released back into the wild, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC).

A bear cub that went viral earlier this year after being pulled from a tree for selfies has been rehabilitated and returned to the wild in an undisclosed and remote

Wildlife officers took the orphaned cub to a rehabilitation facility in Del Norte in southwestern Colorado, where “staff go through great pains to make sure bears don’t see or interact with humans to keep them as wild as possible,” officials said.