ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Two men boating in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska found a pair of dead bear cubs tied to a concrete weight.

Peter Montesano and Paul Wunnicke saw something strange floating in Squaw Bay while on their boating trip Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday.

Montesano, an Anchorage physician, moved his Sea Dory boat closer to the floating mass, seeing something furry.

“And then we said, wait a second those are two pairs of hind legs,” Montesano said.

The men found two dead black bear cubs each tied by the neck to a weight made out of a milk ju...