Colorado's Division of Wildlife is hunting down Tuesday a black bear that broke into an Aspen home and clawed a resident to prevent it from attacking other people in the area.

Perry Will, DOW Area Wildlife Manager, said the animal will be killed because it is too aggressive and dangerous to be relocated.

In a wildlife reserve in Russia's Far East, a female bear has spurned natural instincts and adopted an orphaned cub.

A mother bear caring for a cub that's not her own is rare. Most orphans don't stand a chance at survival, as they are usually killed by adult bears, female bears or even other bear cubs, a spokesman for the Kronotsky National Nature Reserve told the news service RIA Novosti.

Controversy hounded Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean a day after she ate a slice of raw seal heart in a public gathering in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut as part of her week-long Arctic visit.

Green and animal rights groups denounced her act. Bruce Friedrich of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said, quoted by Globe and Mail, "The Canadian Governor General's sick PR stunt is predictable, of revolting, attempts to save a dying industry."

The city of Cleveland has warned residents whose relatives are buried in the city's 12 cemeteries that they must remove crosses or other decorations from graves by June 2 or they will be taken away.

People were caught off guard and upset by the city's decision, Cleveland's NewsChannel5 reported.

Monday was Groundhog Day, a time for people to wait outside groundhog burrows to wait and see if the creatures would see their shadows, meaning six more weeks of winter, or not.

Punxsutawney Phil, the nation's most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, PA, to clear skies and 20 degree weather.