Overview
- The bear, seen in an Albany neighborhood on Tuesday, climbed a residential tree as police closed nearby streets to keep people back.
- Albany officers worked with state environmental conservation staff and animal control as an officer fired a tranquilizer dart late in the morning.
- After the sedative took hold, the animal slipped from a branch and dropped into a safety net held by responders as neighbors cheered.
- Police said the closed streets reopened once the bear was removed, and no injuries were reported by officials.
- An on-scene officer said the state planned to relocate the bear to a nature preserve, a step that varies by case in a state with 6,000 to 8,000 black bears and recurring urban sightings.