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ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS/AP) — This bear certainly had a sweet tooth. The smell of two dozen cupcakes in a baker’s car was too much for a black bear in New Jersey.
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The bruin smashed a window and left only smeared icing and a paw print behind.
Christine Allen tells The Record the bear ate every single chocolate, vanilla and strawberry cupcake that she had made for a large order. Awaken by the dog barking and a “crunch sound,” her husband spotted the bear early Thursday.
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Allen says while she doesn’t want her property destroyed, she doesn’t want the bear to be killed.
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