Oct 28, 2009 | The Daily News Journal
Officer rescues bear cub after hit on highway
ERWIN, Tenn.- Heather Rheams is accustomed to handling animals in her job as a K-9 officer for the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department.
Bear cub injured in traffic incident, being nursed back to health
A bear cub was struck by a car on Interstate 26 in Unicoi County sometime over the weekend and is now being nursed back to health with the help of an animal-loving police officer.
Make way for the last of a dying breed. "I stand six feet four," said Tim Loyd "Tiny" Tilson, "and three-quarter inches." And 340 pounds.