Pa. Game Commission Wardens Remove 127-Pound Bear From Backyard Tree, Relocate It

ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- State game commission wardens in northwestern Pennsylvania tranquilized and removed a 127-pound bear from an Erie neighborhood over the weekend.

Erie police and game wardens were called to east Erie at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday after the animal was spotted in a tree in a home's backyard.

A game warden fired a tranquilizer dart from the bucket of a fire department ladder truck backed into an adjacent yard near the tree, and the bear dropped to the ground from a branch about 25 feet in the air.

Wardens said the bear would likely be taken to Forest County and be released.

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