A bear cub got its head stuck in the railings of a gate in a town in southern India. <br /><br />The incident occurred at Kotagiri town in Udhagamandalam district of Tamil Nadu, India, on August 25. <br /><br />A bear mother had sneaked into the town with two of her babies looking for food. <br /><br />As she was searching for food, one of the cubs strayed into a house and got its head stuck in between the railings of a gate.<br /><br />As it shrieked in fear, her mother – carrying the other sibling – tried to free the cub but failed. She also chased away the residents of the area who tried to help the cub.<br /><br />Forest officials and fire service personnel, who were summoned, shooed away the mother bear and gently extricated the distressed cub by cutting open the bars of the gate.<br /><br />A forest official said the cub remained trapped for nearly an hour.<br /><br />Officials released the cub in a nearby forest later where the mother and the other calf were last spotted.<br /><br />Assistant Conservator of Forests K Saravanakumar said the family was reunited and all the three animals were spotted together on August 26.
