Family mistake black bear for big fluffy dog and keep it as a pet – for two years

It wasn’t until she called the experts in that she realized they were raising a bear.

Su, who lives near the city of Kunming in Yunnan province of China said, “The more he grew, the more like a bear he looked. I am a little scared of bears.”

Yunnan Wildlife Rescue Center was called in to help and sedated the huge beast before transporting it to their rescue center.

At this point the bear stood at just over three feet tall.

Experts identified the bear as an endangered Asiatic Black Bear which can be sold on the black market for thousands of dollars.

British newspaper The Independent reported another person in China raising a bear, he thought was a dog, after finding it in the forest.

Just shows how love can also be blind when it comes to animals!

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