Anchorage Daily News:

Anchorage police said they shot and killed a black bear and two cubs at a Stuckagain Heights home after the animals broke in last week and tried again twice on Saturday.

Police said they shot the sow on a back doorstep of the smaller of two houses on the property at about noon Saturday as it was clawing at the door. Officers then shot one cub while it was on the roof and a second while it was on a deck. A third escaped into the woods.

Homeowner Madeline Knowlton said her family members don't leave trash outside and they had lived about 20 years in the Farpoint Circle home without any bears breaking in. Then in 2006, one of her sons killed a 275-pound black bear that got inside while he and his wife were sleeping. He shot it while the bear was bounding up the stairs toward him.

Last year, a bear broke into her kitchen. This week, it was the sow and three cubs that was wreaking havoc.

But Knowlton was upset about the shooting of the cubs on Saturday.

"I didn't know they had to shoot the babies," she said. "They were like little teddy bears."

What will become of the cub that escaped death?