Video: Calif. FFs Pluck Bear From Tree

    May 4, 2010
    Firefighters in Oxnard plucked a sleeping bear that hid in a tree for almost two hours, according to KTLA.The partially tranquilized 200-pound bear ran around a Ventura County neighborhood for hours this morning before climbing up a tree in a cemeteryThe bear was first spotted in the parking lot of a fire station on Vineyard Avenue just after 2 a.m. and eventually climbed a cemetery wall leading him 25 feet up the tree.

    Firefighters in Oxnard plucked a sleeping bear that hid in a tree for almost two hours, according to KTLA.

    The partially tranquilized 200-pound bear ran around a Ventura County neighborhood for hours this morning before climbing up a tree in a cemetery

    The bear was first spotted in the parking lot of a fire station on Vineyard Avenue just after 2 a.m. and eventually climbed a cemetery wall leading him 25 feet up the tree.

    Fish and Game officials worked with the firefighters to remove the bear using harnesses and a ladder truck, according to the report.

    At approximately 9 a.m., they carefully lifted the bear out of the tree.

    The bear is expected to be released in Los Padres National Forest.

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