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Black Bear Tranquilized, Captured [Photos]
Police chased a small bear up a tree Sunday. It's the second bear capture this week in Ridgewood.
Hours after leading Ridgewood police on a dramatic chase through back yards, main streets and wooded areas, a small black bear was safely captured late Sunday afternoon.
A one-year-old black bear, weighing roughly 130 lbs., was tranquilized by state Fish & Wildlife authorities from his perch on a tree near the Community Garden on Meadowbrook Avenue.
First spotted in Paramus early Sunday morning, police chased the bear from the Ridgewood-Paramus border toward the Community Garden on Meadowbrook Ave., where the bear scaled a tree and remained for about four hours. The bear appeared to be sleeping for much of the standoff.
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Carol Tyler, of Tyco Animal Control, said the bear is expected to be tagged and released into the wild in the Sussex/Morris County area.
On Tuesday, police and wildlife authorities tranquilized a yearling black bear in a Bellair Road tree.
