Black Bear in La Crescenta Gets Free Trip Back to Wild

By Olsen Ebright
|  Thursday, Jan 7, 2010  |  Updated 2:43 PM PDT
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A state Fish and Game crew bags a California black bear and prepares to release it back into the wild.

A state Fish and Game crew bags a California black bear and prepares to release it back into the wild.

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A California black bear got a free trip back to the wild thanks to a state Fish and Game crew.

The roughly 150-pound bear was spotted in the 2600 block of Prospect Avenue in La Crescenta on Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Steven Toly of the La Crescenta station said wildlife, including bears, are a common sight in the foothill neighborhood, and that the bear was most likely looking for food.

Crews were able to tranquilize the animal and then take it away on a stretcher.

It will be released back in the wild, and should probably be thankful a trampoline wasn't involved.
 

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