State police shut down a stretch of Route 2 in Templeton on Thursday morning while state environmental police tranquilized the mother bear and relocated her and her cubs to a safer location in a nearby state forest.
Route 2 is a four-lane highway in that area and was shut down for about 45 minutes.
State police tweeted that "everything went beary well" with the move.
According to this, they are increasing:
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I wonder if they "do-it" bear style, Irish. By the way Happy Paddy's day!
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ReplyDeleteYes it does. I actually encountered one last summer that ran in front of my car, ironically, in Great Barrington.
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