A bear that wandered into a southern Arizona neighborhood ended up in a tree, then in a blue tarp, then on its way out of town in the hands of wildlife officials. Arizona Game and Fish Department officers tranquilized the animal in the branches and waited for it to come down. Several officers and police personnel below caught it.
According to the Sahuarita Police Department, the bear was found in the Rancho Sahuarita neighborhood about 20 miles south of Tucson. The department worked with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, which handled the tranquilization and the bear’s eventual relocation. Everything took place, however, on a residential street.
Video shared by the police department shows officers and wildlife personnel standing on the sidewalk under the tree, holding open a large blue tarp. The bear was high in the canopy, partly hidden in the branches. When the tranquilizer took effect, gravity did the rest and the tarp acted as a large safety net…