{"id":868367,"date":"2026-10-02T15:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/868367\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:08:11","slug":"officials-issue-warning-to-residents-after-bear-cub-spotted-in-shelbyville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/868367\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials issue warning to residents after bear cub spotted in Shelbyville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials issue warning to residents after bear cub spotted in Shelbyville<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/057347bd-ee22-46aa-90df-94bdc367f28a_1770245193.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Osting\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>SHELBYVILLE, Ky. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A bear cub has been spotted wandering around Shelbyville, prompting officials to issue a warning to residents. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The cub was spotted near 8th and Washington streets, according to Shelby County Emergency Services. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Officials are urging residents to keep their distance and call 911 if they see it. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Shelbyville Police Chief Bruce Gentry said calling 911 allows officers to monitor the cub&#8217;s movements and contact Kentucky Fish and Wildlife for guidance.   <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Officials are asking residents to not approach, feed, capture or attempt to rescue the cub. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Gentry said officers will respond to sightings and monitor the situation to determine the best course of action for the safety of the public and the animal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials issue warning to residents after bear cub spotted in Shelbyville SHELBYVILLE, Ky. \u2014 A bear cub has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[7413,81661,39888,366211,34357,366212,366213,96773,85853,15195,9585,366210,14857,79,67718,201],"class_list":["post-868367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-action","tag-bear-cub","tag-capture","tag-contact-kentucky-fish","tag-feed","tag-gentry","tag-good-course","tag-guidance","tag-movement","tag-officer","tag-official","tag-police-issue","tag-resident","tag-science","tag-shelbyville","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}