A bear found on a repeat visit to garbage cans of Glendale was spotted snoozing in a in La Crescenta tree, then was tranquilized for a trip back into the wild, it was reported Sunday.
The bear, known by several nicknames including was spotted around 7 a.m. Sunday in a tree in the 3000 block of Foothill Boulevard, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Glendale police and California Department of Fish & Game personnel blocked the area off and evacuated residences nearby.
The bear was roused from slumber when officials fired bean bag rounds at him then knocked out with four tranquilizer shots, The Times reported.
Around 11:45 a.m. Sunday a group of Fish & Game officers began moving the bear, who was apparently unconscious, to a safe area of the Angeles National Forest.
The bear, marked "R-210" with a yellow tag, was .
On Sunday, it took four tranquilizer darts from fish and game officials before the bear landed and fell asleep on the lawn of .
Check back with Patch for feedback from Glendale local Sarah Aujero, who handles @TheGlendaleBear on Twitter and Andrew Hughan from the California Department of Fish & Game.
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Apparently my neighbor to the west had alerted the police to the bear's whereabouts - there were 2 bears and they preferred to sleep in the trees in his backyard. This man apparently told Arcadia PD that he felt "threatened" by the bear. that was all the encouragement they needed. My neighbor later told me that he had been calling Arcadia PD about the bear off and on for about a year. So why did the Police Dept ignore these calls all year and then decide that in October enough was enough and they had to make a kill? The only response was that Fish and Game weren't responding and they couldn't wait until he arrived - the bear might have escaped. That might have been an excuse if the bear truly was aggressive - which it wasn't. Everyone concerned knew where the bears were living, it would have been an easy thing to find them and tranquilize them. The police were told that the bears had been lingering in this mans yard on a regular basis, that is how they knew where to go. The following weekend they were back - with better marksman, and higher powered weapons to kill the 2nd bear
Since then, we have written letters to the mayor and received apologies and explanations, but it does not change what happened. I have no idea if the bear policies have truly been changed. It seems Arcadia needs a bear awareness program for when we do receive these giant, but gentle visitors. They want our garbage, not our pets. They amble off when confronted.
The situation in 2009 should have been handled differently by the Arcadia PD and I will do everything I can to prevent this from happening again because it’s just a fact of life living in the foothills that bears will come down. I agree that there needs to be a bear awareness program put in place because the only bear awareness I’ve ever seen in the city was the sign on Highland Oaks and Highland Vista Dr. and I’m not sure if that even exists anymore. In my opinion Monrovia has proven to be a great example of bear awareness. If you go to their website www.ci.monrovia.ca.us/ you’ll notice that on their homepage under “Public Notices” there is plenty of information about living with wildlife. Awareness and knowledge is the most powerful thing the community can have when dealing with wildlife. Why was she placed under house arrest? That’s very unsettling. You’d think the Arcadia PD would be completely transparent if they were confident that what they were doing was correct. Anyhow, I’m glad that there is an interest in the community for dealing with wildlife appropriately and I hope you continue to fight for what’s right.