North Carolina group aids in search for Juneau County bear

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The search social gathering to seek out an injured Juneau County black bear is getting greater.

A North Carolina-based group devoted to serving to save bears and convey consciousness to the risks of bear traps has joined within the seek for the bear who was most not too long ago sighted by a pair in Juneau County.

Greater than every week in the past, the couple caught the bear on video with a recreation lure caught on its paw.

The group Assist Asheville Bears despatched drone operator Stephan Pruitt to Wisconsin on Friday, Might 27 to assist help Wisconsin wildlife officers in trying to find the bear.

In a Fb publish, the group wrote “The heroic drone operator from Asheville is leaving instantly to go to Wisconsin to assist help authorities to find the bear with a lure on its leg! Final 12 months, this hero used his drones to save lots of a bear with a container on its head. We’re very hopeful that he can discover this bear and assist authorities rescue it earlier than it loses its limb. Final 12 months HAB posted a few bear close to Lansing, NC with the identical sort of lure on its limb that ended up dropping the limb after a number of weeks!”

Officers at present have a stay lure positioned in Juneau County, however after a number of days, the bear nonetheless hasn’t been situated.

“It hurts as a result of I do know what’s going to occur to this bear if it’s not discovered. We’ve seen this earlier than. That’s why we want the group to come back collectively and provides us native sightings. If anybody sees this bear we have to know instantly,” Assist Asheville Bears founder Jody Williams mentioned.

The group is asking for anybody with any details about the situation of the bear to contact them at 855-SOS-BEAR (855-767-2327) or e-mail them at helpashevillebears@gmail.com, in order that the drone operator can shortly transfer onto the scene and maintain the bear in sight till officers can arrive.

“Getting our drone operator was high precedence. We want recent sightings to find the bear,” Williams mentioned.

Officers might want to catch and tranquilize the bear to allow them to then take away the lure and launch the bear again into the wild.

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