Alaska: Dramaticamateur video was released on Wednesday of an Alaskan fisherman's efforts tohelp a mother bear free her cub from an oversized net.
Theblack bear cub became entangled in a dipnet,which had been lying in tall reeds behind Dane Havard's Anchorage,Alaska house on Monday.
Dipnetsare large fishing nets with a long pole and netting that can be up to five feet(1.52 metres) in diameter.
Havardand the mother bear alternately tried to free the cub, but nothing worked untilHavard started up his truck and used it to drag the frightened, screaming cubout of the reeds and into the open.
Thevideo shows the anxious mother trying to use her teeth and claws to free thecub while Havard pinned the netting to the ground with his vehicle.
Allthe while a second bear cub is shown looking on seemingly bewildered by thescene.
Withthe net eventually immobilised, the mother bear was finally able to rip througha hole to free the trapped cub.
Themother is then seen carrying away the whimpering cub in her mouth as the threebears beat a hasty retreat from Havard's backyard.