ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico wildlife officers have captured a male bear that had been wandering in an Albuquerque community.
The bear was hiding in a cottonwood tree Wednesday when New Mexico Game and Fish officers darted it.
Game and Fish Department Sgt. Rick Castell says the 200-pound (91-kilogram) male bear kept climbing the tree before falling from about 40 feet (12 meters) onto a large air-filled pillow.
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He says the bear didn’t have any ear tags, but it was tagged after officers captured him.
Castell says the bear will be released in a forest.
He says bears occasionally are spotted in Albuquerque and expects to see more foraging for food this summer.
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