Bear climbs tree at US university, falls safely after being tranquilized, moved to mountains
Posted April 27, 2012 2:59 pm.
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BOULDER, Colo. – A black bear who wandered onto the University of Colorado campus fell safely from a tree after being tranquilized, and was later relocated to the nearby Rocky Mountains.
State wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said Friday that the 200-pound (91-kilogram) male bear was tagged and taken to a remote area of ponderosa pines, oak brush and chokeberry.
The bear has become a celebrity since it wandered around a university residence hall in Boulder and climbed a tree Thursday. Wildlife officers eventually tranquilized it, and the bear dropped from its 15-foot-high (4.5 metre-high) perch onto pads placed on the ground.
It landed on its back before a crowd of gawking students.
Campus police spokesman Ryan Huff called it “a perfect landing.”
