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Black Bear Caught Wandering in West Hartford Relocated
A black bear was spotted up in a tree in a West Hartford yard on Sunday.
WEST HARTFORD, CT — A black bear was tranquilized and relocated back into a “suitably wooded area,” after spending some of Sunday wandering through West Hartford yards looking for food, according to the Hartford Courant.
The Courant reports a 250-pound male black bear was spotted about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday at the top of a tree near a home on Lilley Road.
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials located the bear a short time later on Vanderbilt Road, according to FOX 61.
The bear was then captured and later relocated.
Read more at the Hartford Courant here and FOX 61 here.
For information on the Do’s and Don’ts if you spot a bear near your home, visit the state DEEP website here.
Note: Black bear file photo via the CT DEEP is not of the bear spotted in West Hartford on Sunday
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