The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History has a couple of new animal residents.

Two rowdy black bears that caused some trouble at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

The zoo has taken in a 12-year-old female bear and her young cub with a long history of being trouble makers. The two were well known for raiding backpacks and campsites for several years in the national park.

After spending 30 days in quarantine, a routine protocol for all new animals, the two new bears will then join the zoo’s 16-year-old black bear, Charles, in an exhibit that features a fire hose hammock and a multilevel platform that provides enrichment to the bears.

The relocation to the zoo was an alternative to euthanization.

Great Plains Zoo President and CEO Elizabeth Whealy says the facility is proud to be able to provide the bears "a new lease on life."

If you'd like to stop by and say howdy to the two new animal members of zoo in about 30 days, the black bear exhibit is next to the zoo’s Bear Canyon brown bear exhibit.

The Great Plains Zoo recently announced plans for a $2 million renovation of the brown bear habitat.

Source: USA Today

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