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Feb 27, 2009 4:26 pm US/Eastern

Grin And Bear It: Patrick Weighs 3 Cubs

  Slideshow: Tiny Bear Cubs

WHATELY (AP) ― Gov. Deval Patrick is handling something almost as formidable as the state budget: bears.

Patrick and Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles helped MassWildlife biologists Friday in weighing three black bear cubs. It was part of a state and University of Massachusetts research project.

Bowles said each of the cubs -- two females weighing five pounds and a male at 5.5 pounds -- stayed warm in his jacket while awaiting a turn on the scales.

He said Patrick also helped biologists move the 9-year-old sedated mother bear, who weighed 220 pounds.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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