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Bears play on New Jersey golf course, the world regains its smile

July 29, 2015

For those that have lost hope in humanity after the Cecil the Lion incident, perhaps this will restore your faith.

Three black bears -- two cubs and a momma -- were seen playing on a golf course in Vernon, New Jersey this week. And we do mean playing, as one of the cubs can be seen pulling the pin.

Which just goes to show that, despite the precedent set by Yogi, bears are a courteous creature.

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"They're absolutely beautiful and people have seen them in their pools or on their swing sets," Vernon official Michelle Downtain told ABC News. "It doesn't surprise me they came out to play on a golf course. It's a way of life here."

Best of all, in a week filled with disparaging animal news, the bears were unharmed.