MONTREAL — A black bear cub caused havoc for several hours Sunday in a Montreal neighborhood, requiring three doses of tranquilizer before authorities could finally capture it.
Alerted to the cub’s presence in the early afternoon, police cordoned off several streets in Dorval, a municipality to the west of Montreal’s airport, according to police spokesperson Raphael Bergeron.
Residents were asked to stay indoors while dozens of police officers, firefighters, wildlife ministry agents and volunteers from Sauvetage Animal Rescue searched for the bear.
The cub, only several months old, was initially trapped in a residential yard before climbing a tree, according to Bergeron.
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