Cinder the black bear, who survived a devastating 2014 fire, fatally shot by hunter
Cinder the black bear, who became a national figure back in July 2014 after beating the odds and escaping a devastating fire, has been shot and killed by a hunter. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife skeletal, remains of Cinder were found near Leavenworth in Washington and she is said to have been killed in October of 2017.
The discovery of her death was made after officials hiked up to her den in December, hoping to see her doing well, possibly surrounded by her cubs. Unfortunately what they found were her remains. Her radio transmitting collar had stopped working in October 2017, however due to “heavy snow loads in the spring and the cougar creek fire /smoke in the summer”, the authorities were unable to go up there until this month.