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Imagine if a brown bear cub wandered into your yard. You鈥檇 probably call animal control, right? Not the Logar family of Slovenia. When the apparently orphaned bear showed up on their farm about a month ago, they decided to adopt him and give him a name: Medo Srecko (Lucky the Bear). A video even shows Matevz Logar helping the little cub nurse from one of his cows.

The adorable photos of Medo show a playful, fuzzy creature just begging to be picked up and cuddled. He has become a news sensation in Slovenia and has . But as the bear grows, it will become dangerously large (from 660 to 1,700 pounds) and strong, capable of mawling a person or a pet dog without even trying.

The Logar family is trying to get permission to build an enclosure for the bear and keep it as a pet. Slovenian authorities have stepped in and want them to release it to a wildlife shelter.

Brown bears number about 900 in Croatia and Slovenia and are . They are known to prey upon sheep; therefore a small number of bears are legally shot each year. The idea of keeping one as a pet is certainly unusual, and not recommended.

and notwithstanding, wild animal experts advise against making wild animals into pets. If you happen to encounter a baby bear that clearly has no mother, they say, your first step should be to contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator that specializes in bears; failing that, you should contact the US Fish and Wildlife Service or your state department of natural resources.