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APALACHICOLA, Fla. -- A drowning 375-pound bear was rescued from the
Gulf of Mexico after fleeing from a neighborhood into the surf.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists said the large bear
was spotted in a neighborhood near Apalachicola in the Panhandle over the
weekend.
The bear was hit with a tranquilizer dart but managed to escape and bolt
into the Gulf of Mexico before he was sedated. As the tranquilizer drugs
took effect, the bear began to drown in the Gulf.However, biologist Adam
Warwick jumped in to keep the bear from drowning.Warwick managed to
get the bear to shore, and then a backhoe operator helped load the animal
to a truck.The bear was relocated to Osceola National Forest near Lake
City.
Source ( has pics)
Gulf of Mexico after fleeing from a neighborhood into the surf.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists said the large bear
was spotted in a neighborhood near Apalachicola in the Panhandle over the
weekend.
The bear was hit with a tranquilizer dart but managed to escape and bolt
into the Gulf of Mexico before he was sedated. As the tranquilizer drugs
took effect, the bear began to drown in the Gulf.However, biologist Adam
Warwick jumped in to keep the bear from drowning.Warwick managed to
get the bear to shore, and then a backhoe operator helped load the animal
to a truck.The bear was relocated to Osceola National Forest near Lake
City.
Source ( has pics)