A bear known affectionately as Amarena took her four cubs for a ramble through the streets of the tiny Abruzzo village in Italy of S. Sebastiano dei Marsi where the family was filmed by local residents.
There have been repeated sightings of Amarena and her cubs, particularly in the area around Lago di Scanno and Villalago, where they were pictured eating cherries earlier this summer.
In recent days Amarena attacked and killed a sheep, in front of several forest rangers, dragging the animal into the woods to feed her cubs.