Bears use ladder for escape

[Grandpa]

Some kind souls helped these bears escape

Bear Cubs Rescued: Baby Bears Use Ladder To Climb Out Of Dumpster

[ChadTower]

Backing up the truck to the dumpster rather than walking up with the ladder was a BRILLIANT IDEA. Probably the only way to do that without risking a mauling by that freaked out mother bear. The truck is big and loud enough to back her off and if it's not then you have a shot at shifting into drive and getting outta Dodge safely.

It does make me wonder how the cubs got in there in the first place.

[Judy Ann]

Whew. I thought this might be another Southern brainiac endeavor! Cute cubs and very brave mommas.

[Hikenhunter]

Saved them this time. I hope they don't crawl in there just before the trash man comes to empty the dumpster.

[ChadTower]

Don't know where that was but where I used to live in NH we all knew to check for bears before going into the dumpster area. Of course, we also knew to have the dumpsters inside a fence and the dumpster doors had chains on them, too, so I'm guessing these folks are not as careful.

[WillaMarie]

Drats, I was to late to watch the video, it's been taken down. I think I got the picture in my head though. It's good that someone helped them out and didn't get hurt themselves.

[Grandpa]

The video is still working WillaMarie. Just scan down the page a little further. This took place in New Mexico, near Ruidoso.

[mccallum]

This looks like how trash is handled in my part of the country out in the county (read Rural trash collection). They put a dumpter at the mile corner and you drop off you trash as you need to; usually a semi-developed rural subdivision thing. Of course this is not bear country either.

As for the how they got in; look at the trees behind the dumpster. Good smells = FOOD; bear climbs trees; Bear fulls in; Bear get trapped; people put ladder in dumpster!