ALBUQUERQUE – 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 male bear kept climbing the tree before falling from about 40 feet onto a large air-filled pillow.
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.
