BALTIMORE – A black bear roaming in a residential neighborhood in Rockville, Maryland was trapped and relocated, the Rockville Metropolis Police Division stated.
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The police division was alerted that the bear was within the yard of a house on Pitt Place and had destroyed three beehives.
The Maryland Division of Pure Sources was known as Sunday to entice the bear.
Police stated the entice was full of donuts, molasses and vanilla.
The bear was captured within the entice within the home-owner’s yard, and was relocated to an undisclosed location out of Rockville and Montgomery County.
RCPD and DNR Efficiently Entice and Relocate the Rockville Bear
On Sunday, Might 7, 2023, the Rockville Metropolis Police Division (RCPD) was notified by a home-owner within the 1700 block of Pitt Place that the black bear had been entering into their yard and destroyed three beehives.
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Regardless of the hopes after a number of days that the bear would transfer out of the realm by itself, RCPD contacted the Maryland Division of Pure Sources (DNR) the place it was decided that for the protection of each the neighborhood and bear, DNR would try to entice. Yesterday within the late afternoon, DNR positioned a entice full of donuts, molasses and vanilla within the owners again yard in hopes the bear would return, and he did!
In the course of the night time, RCPD was contacted by the home-owner to report the bear was believed to be within the entice. RCPD officers had been capable of make a visible affirmation that the bear was in truth contained in the entice, was in good situation and was consuming the meals. Officers stayed on scene all through the night time and we’re joyful to report two employees members from DNR responded to the scene early this morning, the place they safely and efficiently relocated the bear out of Rockville and Montgomery County to an undisclosed location extra becoming for his wants. We want him all one of the best in his new journey!
We want to thank the MD DNR crew for his or her help, responsiveness and nice partnership in serving to us with the bear. We might additionally wish to thank our Rockville neighborhood members who known as in sightings and shared the BearSafe suggestions, and eventually, to the Butterworth household of Pitt Place, for his or her endurance, cooperation and overwhelming calmness throughout this distinctive occasion.
Posted by Rockville Metropolis Police Division on Monday, Might 8, 2023
“We might additionally wish to thank our Rockville neighborhood members who known as in sightings and shared the BearSafe suggestions, and eventually, to the Butterworth household of Pitt Place, for his or her endurance, cooperation and overwhelming calmness throughout this distinctive occasion,” Rockville Police stated.
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