Bearing Bad News
The warlords of the Animal Uprising™ are sending waves of bears to invade cities all across the country. Authorities in Fayetteville, Arkansas managed to capture one of them.
FAYETTEVILLE — A black bear was tranquilized and captured by Game & Fish Commission officers after being rounded up by police and neighbors near Joyce Boulevard and Old Wire Road, said Sgt. Shannon Gabbard, spokesman for the Fayetteville Police Department.
“A widelife officer tranquilized the bear, and the bear is going to wake up in a better environment for him,” said Gabbard.
The bear was spotted at several locations before being caught. He was first seen in a residential area on the east side of Arkansas 265 at Zion Road and Sterling Street, and later at Valerie Street near Signature Bank and then again after venturing outside of town, where he climbed a tree in a residential area to escape dogs.
Obviously, he was casing the joint. Meanwhile, Arlington, Washington was not as lucky. They were not able to capture the intruder.
ARLINGTON - The bears are out and wandering.
The city received several calls Monday and Tuesday regarding sightings of a black bear in the southern part of the city, said Kristin Banfield, assistant city administrator.
Most of the sightings centered on a wooded area to the east of the Arlington Municipal Airport and adjacent to the Arlington Community Youth Center and Arlington Skate Park, Banfield said. Other sightings were reported in the Gleneagle neighborhood.
No one reported feeling threatened and it's unclear if a bear or bears were seen in anyone's yard, Banfield said.
Not threatened? The bear is casing a youth center and a skate park. Obviously he's on the lookout for fast food. And last, but most definitely not least, there is a bear wandering around in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. A grizzly bear.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 3 (UPI) — Wildlife authorities in Anchorage, Alaska, said they are trying to capture a grizzly bear spotted wandering around the city's downtown.
The brown bear, thought by authorities to be a young 250-pound female, has been seen wandering crowded neighborhoods at night on an almost daily basis, the Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday.
"She's not a troublemaker," state Fish and Game biologist Rick Sinnott told the Daily News. "But this is not an appropriate place for a brown bear."
When the bear begins conducting arm robberies - or even leg robberies - will she be considered a troublemaker then? Or will society be blamed? We all know the answer, don't we? The victim will be blamed for viciously assaulting the grizzly bear's teeth with their former extremities.
When the bear begins conducting arm robberies - or even leg robberies - will she be considered a troublemaker then? Or will society be blamed? We all know the answer, don't we? The victim will be blamed for viciously assaulting the grizzly bear's teeth with their former extremities.
By Sylvia, Thursday, 5 July , 2007 @ 11:59 am
So, the bear is “going to wake up in a better environment for him,” eh? Some nice national park where he’ll have his choice of picnic baskets?
By Gaius, Thursday, 5 July , 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Jellystone.