Bear hanging around north Louisville neighborhood captured and released into wild

A bear ran off into a better habitat Tuesday afternoon after Colorado Parks & Wildlife officials removed it from north Louisville and took it away from neighborhoods.

The male bear was likely hanging around Louisville’s North Open Space for a few weeks, according to Parks & Wildlife spokesperson Kara Van Hoose. Officials darted and relocated the bear because it wasn’t leaving the area, where it had climbed a tree, on its own, according to a Parks & Wildlife post on X.

Videos posted to X show the bear jumping out of the back of a Parks & Wildlife vehicle after officials opened the door, before it ran off into the wild…

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