Bear cub badly burned in Washington state blaze released back into wild

[WorldNews]

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(Reuters) - A bear cub that was found badly burned during a massive wildfire in Washington state last summer has recovered from her injuries and was released back into the wild, an official said on Thursday. The two-year-old cub, named Cinder because she survived the blaze but had her paws severely burned, endured a lengthy recovery but was "very suitable for release" into the wild, said Rich Beausoleil of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Cinder was found starving and hiding under a horse trailer last August as the Carlton Complex wildfire ripped through about 400 square miles (13,600 hectares) of parched forest east of the Cascade Mountains, some 120 miles (193 km) northeast of Seattle.

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