Mishka, a Karelian bear dog that helped State Fish and Wildlife agents capture a black bear in a ravine near State Route 16 and Pearl in Tacoma, Wash., earlier today, takes a final sniff as the tranquilized bear was carried to a mobile holding cage. Story here. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler)

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