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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Amelia Neath

National park partly closes after visitors try to hold bear cub

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An eight-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed by authorities following reports of visitors trying to feed and hold a bear cub.

Multiple reports emerged that some visitors were becoming too familiar with the bears at the Lane Pinnacle Overlook, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a statement on Monday.

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