Residents in South Vancouver are being asked to be on the lookout for a large black bear roaming in their neighbourhood.
UPDATE: The bear has been tranquilized and will be relocated.
Vancouver Police received multiple reports this morning of a black bear walking in the streets near East 49th Avenue and Tyne Avenue, just west of Burnaby’s Central Park.
Conservation officers and police are in the area looking for the bear.
This is the second bear spotting in Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods in just days. On Sunday, a bear was tranquilized after it was seen playing in the fields at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park.
Bears are rarely spotted in the city of Vancouver. Previous sightings have usually occurred near Hastings Park, where bears are known to swim across the second narrows of Burrard Inlet.
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Spotted the black #bear in South East #Vancouver. @VancouverPD telling people to stay away. pic.twitter.com/8SwpqeW4tS
— Charmaine de Silva (@char_des) April 28, 2015
Caught on dashcam: Nimble bear evades police, runs onto Vancouver school yard. http://t.co/aefhcSp65v pic.twitter.com/fvzE8RfVh0
— CTV Vancouver (@CTVVancouver) April 28, 2015
Neighbours in South #Vancouver thrilled with the show. Dozens of police. Bear tranquilized. pic.twitter.com/00tf5hL7GC
— Charmaine de Silva (@char_des) April 28, 2015
Bear tranquilized in this #Vancouver backyard. pic.twitter.com/xLexbg96PX
— Charmaine de Silva (@char_des) April 28, 2015
.@VancouverPD and conservation officers corner black bear in #Vancouver. pic.twitter.com/x8aB5DYPxj
— Charmaine de Silva (@char_des) April 28, 2015
Black bear tranquilized, being trucked away after roaming East #Vancouver streets for several hours. pic.twitter.com/35JPTlLMwY #BC
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) April 28, 2015
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