Authorities responded to calls of a bear cub in Indio on Sunday morning. A BEAR CUB!!!
#indioBEAR cub tranquilized; @CaliforniaDFW warden Kyle Chang checks cub as our Lt. Luis Rosa assists. pic.twitter.com/0vCkQnAu9G
— RivCO animalSERVICES (@helpinRIVcoPETS) May 14, 2017
CHP was notified of the cub at 6:27 am, reports KESQ. The bear was spotted near Adams and Espana. Riverside County Department of Animal Services and the California Department of Wildlife were called in to assist.
We are dealing with a bear cub in Indio; @CaliforniaDFW en route; call came in at about 6 am this morn; @chp also on scene; more to come.
— RivCO animalSERVICES (@helpinRIVcoPETS) May 14, 2017
The Desert Sun reports that the bear, a 150 pound female, has been tranquilized and captured:
They got the bear. A 150-lb female juvenile @MyDesert pic.twitter.com/YRcgZZsmdk
— Colin Atagi (@TDSColinAtagi) May 14, 2017
Bear cub sighted on Adams, just north of 40th near Sun City Palm Desert. Cub just tranquilized. Waiting. Cub is in the oleanders @MyDesert pic.twitter.com/yfrqkYdUeB
— Denise Goolsby (@denisegoolsby) May 14, 2017
The bear will be released back into the wild in the San Jacinto mountains:
The tranquilized, approx. 150 lb. juvenile, 1-2 year-old, female black bear will be released back into the wild in the San Jacinto Mountains pic.twitter.com/bfMyNcpMVL
— Denise Goolsby (@denisegoolsby) May 14, 2017
