Bear up a tree
A 150 lb. black bear, which was brownish in color, was found at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. Police, fire and Idaho Fish and Game responded. After darting the bear with tranquilizers, the Fish and Game officers went up into the tree to lower the bear, put it in a waiting bear trap container and hauled the bear to a wooded area to sleep off the effects of the dart.
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A 150 lbs. black bear which had been tranquilized is caught in a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Craig Walker, left, of Idaho Fish and Game prepare to get a tranquilized bear out of a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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A bear trap, usually baited to catch nuisance bears is kept ready for a tranquilized bear in a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Kootenai Fire firefighters set up their ladder truck to get a tranquilized bear out of a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Craig Walker of Idaho Fish and game and a Kootenai Fire firefighter use a ladder truck to get a tranquilized bear out of a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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A Kootenai Fire firefighter and Craig Walker of Idaho Fish and Game use a ladder truck to get a tranquilized bear out of a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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Kootenai Fire firefighter and Mark Rhodes of Idaho Fish and Game use a ladder truck to get a tranquilized bear out of a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Families stop to watch police, fire and Fish and Game officials deal with a bear in a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Mark Rhodes unties a tranquilized bear retrieved from a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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Craig Walker, left, and Mark Rhodes of Idaho Fish and Game drag a tranquilized bear that was found in a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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Idaho Fish and Game officers prepare to transport a tranquilized bear found in a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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A tranquilized black bear that had climbed a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009, sits inside a bear trap for transport back to the woods after being shot with a tranquilizer dart by Idaho Fish and Game officials.
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Mark Rhodes of Idaho Fish and Game checks on a tranquilized bear removed from a tree at White Pine Park in Post Falls Thursday, June 11, 2009. JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.com
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