A 300-pound black bear
wandered down suburban streets, played on a high school football field
and crossed the freeway three times before he was caught and
tranquilized on Sunday.
By Sharon Bernstein
A three-year-old black bear that had
been wandering through La Crescenta on Sunday morning has been
tranquilized and is being transported back to the Angeles National
Forest, officials said.
The bear was first spotted on
Henrietta Ave. in La Crescenta at about 7:20 a.m. Sunday, Los Angeles
County Sheriff Lt. Angela Shepherd said.
It wandered on to the Crescenta
Valley High School football field, crossed the 210 freeway three times
and then went south into the community of Montrose, where officials of
the California Department of Fish and Game caught up with the animal and
tranquilized it, Shepherd said.
The bear caused no injuries or
property damage, she said. Like other bears during this hot, dry summer,
it probably came out of the forest to look for food, Shepherd said.
Officials have not yet said whether
the bear is male or female. It will be tagged so it will be
recognizeable if it comes back down from the forest again.
Another bear, dubbed "Meatball" by
some and "Glenbearian" by others, has been taken to an animal sanctuary
because it repeatedly came down into suburban neighborhoods.
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