Cops Tranquilize Bear on College Campus — Which Produces This Hilarious Photo
- Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:19am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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You better believe you‘ll be seeing this on Fox anchor Shepard Smith’s show. The host, who has a fascination with bear stories, will be delighted at the latest gem to come out of Colorado.
There, a 200-pound black bear had crawled up into a tree on the campus of the University of Colorado. And it was then that officers decided to tranquilize it around 10 am on Thursday. Its fall onto a fluffy mat produced one of the best photos of the year so far, captured by Andy Duann of the CU Independent:
Andy Duann/CU Independent
“He was just resting up in the tree probably for a good two hours,” police spokesman Ryan Huff told KMGH-TV.
“He was pretty mellow. He was resting up on the branch,” he added.
The bear will now be relocated.
“We try to move bears more than 50 miles and also try to get them across a major river or highway so that there is a barrier to them heading right back to where they came from,” Randy Hampton, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife told the station.
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Comments (98)
MotoMofo
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:20amhttp://img843.imageshack.us/img843/535/bearqu.jpg
Report Post »astrodog1959
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:43amWell all I see is one dead bear , unless they cover the cage he is in when they move him !!! Bear’s are like cats if they can see the way they were moved they can find there way back home !!! when we move a bear in Idaho we cover the cage because we don’t want it back in the yard in 2 or 3 weeks !!! Just saying
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pmBeware of Karate Bear. LoL
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:21pmI’m just wondering why the person that injured the bear with the dart is not being charged with a misdemeanor by the feds like Ted Nugent was?
Report Post »blair152
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37pmIt‘ll be on Fox News Channel’s Studio B next Wednesday.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:00pmCan you fly, Bobby?
Look Ma, no hands!
Damn, shot out of another canon……
Hey, who’s levitating me?
I was told not to inhale the entire helium tank….
Report Post »dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:18amI just found the solution for tree huggers and occuposers who won’t leave…. then relocation to Greenland… which should make them happy, until they wake up.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:58pmConcerning your handle: How slow is slow? I am constantly harassed for driving the legal limit in the “fast” lane. I can guarantee you that not one law-abiding person passes me on the right. I do not have contempt for people who are in a hurry and need to pass on my right. But there are about 25% of those who do pass me (illegally) who express their disdain by cutting me off unnecessarily short and sometimes even slow down below the limit to be sure I kow that they are unhappy.
I am just curious which one you might be.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:16pmLouse,
Report Post »Remove common courtesy, add righteous indignation, and we arive at your doorstep.
candcantiques
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:17pm@ NickyLouse
“I am constantly harassed for driving the legal limit in the “fast” lane.”
You’ll have to show me which lane is the “fast” lane. The only lanes I know of are the right “driving lane” and the other “passing lanes” If you are driving the speed limit in the far left lane then you are using that lane improperly and hence the reason you get “their disdain”. When you learn to use the far left lane as a “passing lane” and drive the speed limit in the right or “driving lane” I bet that will stop.
Report Post »Girard1974
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:43pm@NICKYLOUSE – It’s called the “fast” lane for a reason. But more accurately it should be called the passing lane. In some states (and most countries) one can receive a citation if they are not actually passing someone in the far left lane. Of course this applies to non-urban areas where all lanes are free-access. Out between cities where there are only two lanes on the Interstate driving in the left lane while not passing someone is not only rude, it’s unsafe. That‘s why you’ll never see any experienced OTR truckers spending much time in the left lane – they know how to drive defensively and with courtesy.
Report Post »Recceman90
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:46pm@ NickyLouse Are you really this much of a tool? Get a life! Oh and learn to drive, left lane is for passing….not continually driving! I will salute you as I pass you too!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:52pm@Nicky – In NJ, it is ILLEGAL to drive in the left lane if NOT passing. So, if you drive through NJ and sit in the left lane, IT IS YOU WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW. (And yes, the state police do write tickets for morons who get in the passing lane while not passing.)
BTW, it is common courtesy to stay OUT of the passing lane if not passing… so if you are not passing you are just blocking traffic and forcing others to pass you in the wrong lane, then getting on YOUR HIGH HORSE about how all those people are “breaking the law.” For your own safety, don’t do it! There are plenty of NUTS out there that will run you off the road or even pull out a gun and shoot you right then and there. It happens, google it.
Report Post »Zwiseguy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:03pmWhen relocating, remember to cover the carrier. Don’t want them coming back. PS. your name… YES.
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:34pmWhy in the name of common sense don’t you move out of the fast lane? In most states the far left lane is for going around slower traffic. You enter the fast lane and than get out of it. Just because you are doing the posted speed limit is no excuse for holding up traffic. What are you the traffic monitor? Get out of peoples way!!!
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:53pm@ NICKEYLOUSE: There is No left lane – there is / are the driving lane(s) to your right and one PASSING LANE on the left. You see, after you pass, look in your rearview mirror and when you can see BOTH headlights of the car you just passed, you may SIGNAL and proceed to the driving lane. OR, just stay in the passing lane and (1) some road rage nut job will shoot you OR (2) we will all see you on tv being taken out by the driver of a stolen car that comes crashing into your A$$ during the high speed chase. As much as you wish you could, you can not control everything, so, move over ! Your President has not learned that he can’t control everything either and soon he will be FIRED !
Report Post »SoCalStar
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:24pm@Nickylouse It is not for you to judge that you are going the speed limit so nobody needs to pass you. Regardless of what speed I am driving, if I am in the fast lane and someone comes up behind or is approaching fast, I just try to get out of the way and let them pass ASAP. It creates greater jeopardy for all drivers around to block traffic and frustrate people and have them weaving in and out of traffic trying to get around. Just let them go!
Report Post »Arthur Spooner
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:36pmNicky, it’s idiots like you who make the roads unsafe. Most cops will tell you that.
Let me ask you a question: Why don’t you drive in the right lane?
Is it because you get some sense of power from making others go around you?
Idiot.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:27pm@NickyLouse
It’s drivers like you who incite others to curse at you, flip you the bird, and spit a big hunker out the window as we pass you on the left. Learn to drive before you provoke someone into an act of road-rage.
Report Post »Taxpayer550
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:55amHey Boo-Boo, I’ma feelin a little tipsy from one of those pickinic baskets!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:06amIf I was the school president, there would be a bear skin rug on my office floor.
Where is Ted Nugent when you need him?
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:08amwould be more hilarious if they were shooting OWS protesters out of a tree. Instead of a air bag, you could let them fall in a dumpster.
Report Post »doubleplusgood_constitution
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:25amTo bad the bear didn’t show up earlier in the week I heard that they like yogurt!
Report Post »duckwalker
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:17amCome on people, the photo is hilarious. He looks delicious. Uncle Ted would have plans for a delicious dinner for this bear. Bear steaks, bear roasts, bear burgers, BBQ bear!
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:27pmWhaaat???
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pmCan I get Tranquilized till Obama is out of office.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:07pmMmmm bear ribs….
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:48am@THE BLAZE:
Report Post »Do you really think it is necessary to tell us what is hilarious?
garybkatz
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:30pmIt’s bearly possible.
Report Post »dsm
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:43amHilarious photo?????????????
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:11amWhat would really be funny is to catch several of these bears in a van and then release them in the occupy camps! That would clean them up!!!!!
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:21pmOh come on. A bear falling in mid air spread eagle is hilarious. Look it‘s a bird it’s a plane it’s superbear. Lol
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:30pmSomeone needs to photo shop that picture of the bear flying over the bascillica in rome.
Report Post »Rick Steele
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:36amTalk about politically correct: They even had an air-bag for the bear to land on. Didn’t want Boo-Boo to get a boo-boo. They should use this video for the ‘dead-bear bounce‘ instead of the ’dead-cat bounce’.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:54amWell, the mat is somewhat better than the trampoline that was used on a bear a few years ago. That bear hit the trampoline alright then flew up in the air and landed on the ground anyway. So , the mat was humane. I commend their professionalism. Yogi is just trying it survive, that’s all.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:29amUmm yeah… a 700 pound thud from 10 feet high could crack a neck or break a limb. So why wouldnt they use a mat?
Report Post »ZombieJesus
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:12pm@Rick
Report Post »I like how you think it’s PC not to let a bear fall and destroy his neck. How exactly is that PC? Some of you are so dominated by your political ideology you can’t evan read any simple article without blaming it on the PC liberals.
Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24amFor some reason this picture reminds me of the opening credits of, “Lost In Space”. The Soviet version. Weird.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:19amThis is a bear from Woodstock!
Report Post »lgccac
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01amI’m still waiting for the “Hilarious” part.
Report Post »Yes a ConsvNY Mother
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:12amHillarious comment… LOL
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01am.
Run! Boo Boo Run! Oh No Mr. Ranger Sir don’t shoot…..
Took Yogi down just like Trayvon……….
Report Post »1956
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:38amNot THAT was funny. Not so much the pic.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:58amLove this story, made my morning and a great laugh too! Seriously, now I want to be an Animal Control Officer back in my old state of Colordao! Just being there and helping out the folks on the plains and in the mountains!
The big plus is I get to wear jeans, boots, a cowbow hat and have a rifle, a handgun while driving pickup! Goodness I mess Colorado!
Now that’s the America I know!
Report Post »Amren
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:27pmAnd that’s why I moved from Kalifornia to America-zona!!!
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:52amHollywood stunt bear. =)
Report Post »dsm
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:48amHILARIOUS VIDEO?????????
Report Post »Sometimes the headlines on Blaze stories don’t really match the story.
jerseyjo
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:18amtitle says hilarious PHOTO. There is a difference between video and photo. Look below the video…it IS a very funny photo
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:44amThat was probably one confused bear when he woke up.
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:08pmThis is an outrage!
Report Post »The indignity is too much to bear.
WhiteFang
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:54pmI support the “Dignified Bears Coalition” (DBC)
I call on all bears and their supporters to Occupy the University of Colorado. “OUC”
:-)
Report Post »bald stick
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:42amMaybe he was taking a vacation from trying to prevent forest fires and touting another “green” job that will save the earth from the menace called “man”. Forget it, only our best and brightest will understand.
Report Post »Optimist4now
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:42amObviously a bear with religous values, removed from the campus by atheist sympathizers.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:37amHey TEABUNNY,
Report Post »Does crap stick to fur?
4xeverything
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:35amI prefer moose.
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:35amI can think of a lot of Congress that should be tranquilized and transported across a major river or highway so they would never return to Washington and cause more havoc.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:51amHow about north over the Detroit River so they can go to Canada or maybe south thru the Rio Grande for a warmer climate.
Eric Holder said you don’t need any papers to get back in..so we will even give each government offical $100.00 for their papers! In Columbian terms that equates to a couple of visits from ladies of the night!
PARTY DOWN!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:34amI couldn’t bear to watch this. The bear (sic) truth is that our furry friend was more like a wet noodle than a bear. He reminded me of what it was like to get up my son in the morning when he was in high school. I’m glad the bear is safe and no one was harmed.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:51amMy granddaughter was like that when I woke her in the mornings. Screamed and yelled…So I just started throwing cold water on her to wake her and told her that she could avoid the cold water IF and only IF she wasnt angry when i woke her. Now she wakes up with a thank you and a smile…Funny how discipline works…
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24amMy parents finally got fed up with us kids waking them up at 6AM on the weekends so they resorted to revenge. They woke us up on Saturday mornings at 5AM by blaring the Hallelujah chorus through the house and coming into our rooms banging pots and pans and yelling “goooood morning!!!”
We learned quick that Saturdays were made for sleeping in.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:32amUnfortunately, the park ranger missed the bear with the first shot… and was promptly apprehended by federal agents.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:30amThe only way they knew it wasnt an OWSer is that they saw it crap in the woods and not in the park…
Report Post »skimmer57
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:45amSpeaking of crap it would have been great to have ole draft dodging pooh pants Ted Nugent kill the bear illegally. He’s my hero!
Report Post »changedone
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:29amHe was there—without photo ID, of course—to vote for the Democrats!
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