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Bear tranquilized, returned to wild
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More from Local NewsA large bear that wandered into a neighborhood outside Ojai on Monday morning was tranquilized and released back into the wild after it spent several hours in a tree, authorities said.
Ventura County sheriff's deputies responded about 7:30 a.m. to a report of a large bear in the 400 block of Lomita Avenue in Meiners Oaks.
The bear climbed a tree about a block away, in the 500 block of Pala Drive, where deputies kept watch over the animal for several hours, sheriff's Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said.
Officials from the California Department of Fish and Game tranquilized the bear about 10:30 a.m. It was then taken to a remote location and released, Bonfiglio said.
Posted by opns on July 25, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
And the poor bear said 'I was just visiting, just as you visit all the time', 'did you havta shoot me'?
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