New Jersey wildlife officials say a black bear that perched overnight in a tree near the Union municipal building has been tranquilized.

Bear captured in Union Township
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State Fish and Wildlife Division spokesman Larry Hajna says the near 200-pound young male bruin was captured around 10 a.m. Tuesday after police had watched him all night up in a tree.

Hajna says the bear was shot with tranquilizer darts, which caused it to stumble into a safety net.

 

 

The bear then ran a few hundred yards from the tree and wildlife officials shot it again with tranquilizers when they saw it heading toward a nearby highway.

The animal was not previously tagged by wildlife officials.

Hajna says the animal was unharmed and is being relocated to nearby state land.

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