Bad news: bear had a record

Bad news: bear had a record
3-year-old male roamed too close to people, couldn't recover from tranquilizer.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
By Matt Michael
Staff writer
Syracuse Post Standard

The black bear that spent Thursday wandering around a Geddes neighborhood was put to sleep Friday because it never recovered from the tranquilizer shot that was used to sedate it, a state Department of Environmental Conservation official said.

Another key factor in the DEC's decision to euthanize the bear was that the animal had a history...


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