Lions and Tigers and Bears 0
Well, bear.
Don’t often see them near the beachfront.
(snip)
The male bear was found around 5 p.m. Police were armed with weapons just in case and shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart around 7:15 p.m. while the bear was sitting in a tree. After the bear fell asleep, it started getting dark so the fire department brought in a fire truck with a ladder on it to shine a light on the bear. They sawed off branches from the tree and lowered the bear down in a harness around 8:30 p.m.
Video at the link. The interesting shots start about three minutes in.
Mute the volume to avoid the “over-the-top” commentary from the reporter. She makes the approximately 150-pound bear sound like Leviathan, describing it as “massive.” That’s hardly massive in bear terms.
Not that I would want to turn the corner and be face-to-face with any bear, except maybe a honey bear, half-grown or not, but that’s about the size of a St. Bernard.
And local TV news wonders why it is often an object of derision.
