Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers with the help of Colorado Springs Fire crews rescued a baby bear cub from a tree in Colorado Springs Friday.
The bear was near the Hillside Community Center and had to be lured onto a ladder and then lowered into a kennel.
Watch watch the dramatic #rescue as @CSFDPIO Fire Fighters lower a bear cub from a tree near the hillside Community Center in #ColoradoSprings. @COParksWildlife officers now taking it to rehab pic.twitter.com/iYIAWUM1Wy
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) June 15, 2018
Wildlife officers described the cub as orphaned on twitter and they said the bear will be taken to a rehabilitation center.
Just a couple random shots of the bear cub found in a tree in #ColoradoSprings‘ #Hillside neighborhood Friday afternoon. Thanks to @CSFDPIO firefighters for bringing a ladder truck to help us grab the little cub. This orphan is going to rehab. #wildlife #conservation pic.twitter.com/P3pJFF0WoT
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) June 15, 2018
They chronicled the rescue on twitter and said the rescue was used as a teaching moment for neighborhood kids who came to watch the rescue unfold.
Once the excitement is over and the bear is safely in a kennel, @COParksWildlife"s Frank McGee, area Wildlife manager, uses the event as a teaching moment for neighborhood children. pic.twitter.com/XCFhPH2Hx9
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) June 15, 2018
