Bear captured in Airdrie neighbourhood
Posted Aug 10, 2010 9:59 pm.
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A young black bear spotted in Airdrie Tuesday afternoon has been captured.
RCMP say it was wondering around the Silver Creek neighbourhood and was found tucked under a resident’s deck.
The one to two-year-old bear hopped a fence after it was shot twice with tranquilizer darts and some construction workers managed to guide it to a supply area where the tranquilizer kicked in.
Constable Robert Frizzell tells 660News wildlife officers believe the young bear was just trying to find his territory and shouldn’t return to Airdrie.
The bear will now be tagged and released into the wild northwest of Cochrane.
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