By Harry Howard For Mailonline
Published: 11:45 BST, 23 May 2019 | Updated: 12:28 BST, 23 May 2019
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This is the heartwarming moment two orphaned bear cubs are rescued after getting stuck at the top of an enormous spruce tree in the Canadian wilderness.
The cubs became spooked after their mother was killed by a vehicle and ran up the 70ft tree, where they remained stranded for three days.
Volunteers at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society, in Smithers, British Colombia, enlisted the help of local hobby climber Stephen Bot, who fearlessly climbed the tree to reach them.
Two orphaned bears were rescued from an enormous spruce tree in Smithers, British Colombia, in Canada, after they ran up the 70ft tree when their mother was killed after being hit by a vehicle
In the video, the frightened bears, a boy and a girl, are seen after their rescue in a metal cage with tags in their ears.
Mr Bot is then seen climbing the tree to reach the bears, one of which appears to stick its tongue out at him.
The little bears are huddled on top of each other on a bunch of flimsy branches.
A succession of photos then shows the bears, which appear to have been sedated, being lifted from the tree by Mr
