This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: No 'Bear-itos' here! Black bear kicked out of Mexican restaurant in Gatlinburg. Watch ...

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son ... lives in Monterrey and knew the proper behavior for a black bear encounter: never run. She noticed a plate of enchiladas the bear ...

This act of cruelty will not go unpunished," the governor said on Twitter. Mexican black bears are a protected species. The species has suffered from habitat loss and poaching in previous years.

At least two subspecies of black bear are thought to occur in Texas: the Mexican black bear (Ursus americanus eremicus) and the New Mexico black bear (subspecies U. A. amblyceps), according to TPWD.

"I've never seen a bear in the wild." Earlier this month, Odessa resident Ashlea Roquemore also encountered a creature she believed to be a Mexican black bear at the national park. Compared to ...

A black bear was caught on camera trying to enter No Way Jose's Cantina in Gatlinburg on Oct. 25. Just before the bear could get its paws on some "bear-itos", it's quickly shooed away by the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son ... lives in Monterrey and knew the proper behavior for a black bear encounter: never run. She noticed a plate of enchiladas the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son ... lives in Monterrey and knew the proper behavior for a black bear encounter: never run. She noticed a plate of enchiladas the ...