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Conservation officers were seen in Winnipeg’s Wildwood area Tuesday afternoon following up on reports of a black bear roaming the forested neighbourhood just west of the Red River.
Conservation officers wait out bear that ran up tree in forested residential area off Red River
Conservation officers were seen in Winnipeg’s Wildwood area Tuesday afternoon following up on reports of a black bear roaming the forested neighbourhood just west of the Red River.
Firefighters and conservation officers were called to the scene of where the bear had climbed a tree on Manchester Boulevard South.
“CO’s will try to keep everyone back, so the bear comes down on its own and then they will deal with it,” a provincial spokesperson wrote in an email shortly before 4 p.m.
CBC News saw the officers preparing tranquilizing equipment nearby. The province said officers couldn’t “dart it” immediately over fears it could fall from the tree and get hurt.
Winnipeg firefighters attended at the request of Manitoba Conservation before being told they could leave, a WFPS spokesperson said in an email.