Bear cubs of mother euthanized after Yellowstone attack will go to Ohio zoo

The two female cubs would not survive on their own in the wild, officials say, and will be relocated to the Toledo zoo in the autumn

Two female grizzly bear cubs orphaned after their mother was euthanized because she was linked to the fatal mauling of a hiker in Yellowstone national park will be moved to a zoo in Toledo, Ohio, zoo officials said on Friday.

The cubs, both less than a year old, were orphaned when their 259lb (117kg) mother was killed on Thursday after DNA testing proved she was involved in the death of hiker Lance Crosby, 63.