They were so cute  the bears that came to her backyard to feast on the dog food, fruit and yoghurt she left out for them.

A wildlife lover, she paid no attention to the protests of her neighbors, phone calls from the sheriff or his certified letters telling her in no uncertain terms to stop feeding  the bears

Donna Munson, 74, told her friends that “when the time came, she wanted to go out with the bears.”

She got her wish.  She was found dead outside her home, being eaten by a bear.

Cabin owner fed bruins for years despite state’s pleas.

The night before her death, Munson planned to feed an injured baby bear hard-boiled eggs and yogurt, another former tenant said. And she had planned to swat a large bear that was bothering the baby bear with a broom.

“She didn’t have a chance in hell,” said Connie Barnes, who lived with Munson for five years and never went outside after dark without a spotlight, her husband and his BB gun.

Munson lived in the cabin, which bordered federal land, with her husband, “Ridgway Jack,” until his death about 14 years ago, Barnes said. Jack Munson adopted a baby elk and made their home into an animal sanctuary, even letting a fawn sleep in his bed, Barnes said.

Donna Munson continued caring for animals after her husband’s death, leaving a tub of cat food on her picnic table for critters and tossing food in the backyard and out her windows for bears. The elderly woman, who used a walker, bought giant bags of Ol’ Roy dog food for the bears and had pallets of grain delivered for elk and deer, Barnes said.

Two women who cleaned Munson’s home found her being eaten by a bear Friday, Barnes said.