AP: Tranquilizer dart ends black bear's school visit [View all]

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, is a young black bear that was captured by Idaho Fish and Game after spending a several hours in a tree near Woodland Middle School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school will be returned to the wild. Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the black bear after it climbed down from a large tree. Fish and Game says it's a young bear likely on its own for the first time and was looking for a place to live when it came across the school. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Tess Freeman)


Sep 25, 4:02 PM (ET)

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A young black bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school whose mascot is a grizzly bear has been captured and will be returned to the wild.

The Coeur d'Alene Press reports ( http://bit.ly/1ro9sMj ) that Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the bear after it climbed down from a large tree at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Wayne Wakkinen of Fish and Game says it's a young bear likely on its own for the first time. He says it was looking for a place to live when it came across Woodland Middle School - home of the Grizzlies - in Coeur d'Alene.
He says the bear is being released in a remote area.

School Resource Officer Tom Sparks says school continued as usual but lunch was held inside.
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Information from: Coeur d'Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com