Shelton Bear Reportedly Being Taken to More Rural Location

Editor’s Note: We first ran this story on May 14 but ICYMI the Shelton bear will no longer be a fixture in town.

The Shelton bear has been tranquilized, the Shelton Herald reports.

According to the paper, the bear is being taken to a more rural location. The bear was tranquilized in the southwestern part of downtown Shelton and taken away in a Department of Energy and Environmental Protection truck at around 8 p.m. on Thursday.

The bear will be taken to a forested area in the Lake Zoar area, the paper reports.

“A crush of sightseers downtown is creating a hazard around the bear. I fear he may feel cornered and panic. He is in a high density area and there is no easy escape,”Shelton Trails and Conservation wrote on Facebook at around 6:45 p.m. “I’m asking people not to go looking for the bear downtown. The police are on the scene and I suspect they have called the DEEP.”

The Herald reports that many residents gathered to see the bear just before it was taken away by DEEP.

Read the full story at the Shelton Herald.

Image via Shelton Trails and Conservation

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