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Thursday, October 25. 2007

A Dramatic Bear Rescue

A bear (looks like a Griz or a Brown Bear but a brown-colored Black Bear garbage hound, I believe) was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into clambering over the edge of the bridge.  Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.  After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.

The first photo:

The rest of the photos of the successful rescue below on continuation page:

 

 

Posted by Gwynnie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Natural History and Conservation, Our Essays at 07:30 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's fricken' awesome!
#1 _Jon (Link) on 2007-10-25 09:31 (Reply)
Looks like he's got a little more sense than that moose.
#2 Santay on 2007-10-25 10:07 (Reply)
Nah. Now that he thinks he can fly, he's going looking for Bullwinkle so he can play Natasha and feel fulfilled.
#3 Anonymous on 2007-10-25 10:46 (Reply)
That's fantastic! Now there's some big "catch and release"!
#4 Americaneocon (Link) on 2007-10-25 11:52 (Reply)
Somebody say “catch and release”?

A question for the country bumpkins.

How the hell do you handle neighbors who enjoy fireworks and shotguns so much that their poorly cared for giant malamute is compelled to force itself under or inside some part of your property and won’t come out for hours? I’m getting really sick and tired of doing “catch and release” on this neglected 160 pound stinking-wet-matted-fur-cowering-growling-bear-dog thing. And my hillbilly neighbors don’t give a shit. The last straw he somehow managed to wedge himself into my family room fireplace. Tore apart my dog door in the process.
#5 commander clopfelter on 2007-10-25 15:43 (Reply)
Clopfelter,

Shoot the dog.
#6 Country Bumpkin on 2007-10-25 17:25 (Reply)
or shoot the neighbor. Tomorrow we have a post on dealing with neighbor problems.
#6.1 BD on 2007-10-25 19:44 (Reply)
I don’t want a feud with well-armed neighbors. Plus their youngest kid is attached to it.

I came home and made it down to the family room and the old lab was on his rug and looked up at me as is usual but then glanced at the fireplace like “shouldn’t ya do something about that?” I did the whole HOLY CRAP! GETTHEHELLOUTTATHERE yelling and poker poking thing but bear-dog just wound up behind the entertainment center smearing stanky soot all over the wall. Cranking music full blast and a stick of braunschweiger is what worked. Getting him outside anyways.

How could I make it look like kid’s delinquent brothers “accidentally” shot it instead?
#6.2 commander clopfelter on 2007-10-26 01:13 (Reply)
Don't shoot anyone. Call the ASPCA. That is cruelty to animals no matter how you frame it. A dog that frightened needs help.
#7 Country Bumpkin on 2007-10-26 11:11 (Reply)

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