Update: Utah DWR confirms Sanpete County bear cub was euthanized after mother could not be found

Update: Utah DWR confirms Sanpete County bear cub was euthanized after mother could not be found

SANPETE COUNTY, Utah, Aug. 27, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Michael Packer, a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources outreach manager, confirmed Thursday that a bear cub found alone in Sanpete County was not relocated, as hoped, but was euthanized. The cub was found in the window well of a Mount Pleasant elementary school. The plan had been to search for the cub’s mother and perhaps relocate both, according to an original news release from the North Vie…