Overview
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife said a male black bear curled up in a basement window well at a home in Falcon, Colorado, and fell asleep.
- Officers immobilized the roughly 250-pound animal, opened the basement window, and brought it through the frame into the house to start the removal.
- With help from the homeowner and a neighbor, crews strapped the bear to a litter, carried it upstairs, and loaded it into a wildlife trailer.
- CPW said it gave a reversal drug, transported the bear about three hours southwest of Colorado Springs, and released it in suitable habitat with no injuries reported.
- The agency posted video of the sleeping bear and the careful extraction, which also underscores advice to secure food, trash, and access points as spring activity increases.