A black bear decided to visit the city streets of Shawano. The black bear was spotted in a tree near the local park. This was around 4:50pm and it took nearly 10 hours to capture it. The DNR had captured it but they had to tranquilize it first. A lot of times bears will be in the outer limits of Shawano, but rarely will they exceed those limits. DNR warden Mark Schraugnagel had to take care of this situation. To make things safe he evacuated the area; for the bears safety and also for the people. John Huff shot the bear with the tranquilizer dart. The bear had moved higher into the tree. The bear was shot once again with a dart an hour later. The bear had to be shot with a third tranquilizer dart. After the third one the bear had climbed down the tree. …show more content…
At this time the bear had drew quite an audience. The fire department was then called to help capture the bear and block off the road. The bear got shot again with a fourth tranquilizer dart and then finally fell out of the tree. DNR officials were holding a blanket and caught the bear. He had been placed in a cage and into a truck. Mark Schraugnagel had said that this was about 150 pounds and was just turning 2 this winter. Mark said he gets two or three calls a year about bear within the city limits. A lot of the people from the crowd that were watching the bear had been taking pictures of it and said it’s not an everyday thing that you see in Shawano. I think that this bear was just looking for food and didn’t do anything wrong. He just needs to be returned to the woods, where he belongs. I don’t see that the bear did anything wrong. He just made some extra work for the people to help him get back to his home nice and