A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up.
The bear, weighing between 135kg and 180kg, crashed the party early on Saturday near the campus of Lehigh University.
Emergency officials received a flood of emergency calls after the bear was spotted at about 2am in south Bethlehem, about 80km north of Philadelphia.
The bear “lumbered close to the party and scared the living daylights out of people,” Bethlehem police chief Mark DiLuzio said.
Lehigh University said in a “Bear Update” on its Web site that the animal was captured, tranquilized and removed from the area a couple of hours later.
DiLuzio said the same bear was seen on Friday near an arena and the university’s athletic facilities, but it ran away into a swampy area.
TATTOO
Tyler Krieder, district officer of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said a tattoo on the bear’s inner lip indicates that it is from New Jersey.
Because bears are good swimmers, Krieder said it was possible that the animal swam across the Delaware River to find a new home.
“The bear wasn’t any threat to anybody,” he said. “It was just looking for somewhere to eat, take a break.”
Encroaching development often prompts bears to leave their ranges, and it is not unusual for them to stray into populated areas on their way to a new home, Kreider said.
The bear remains in the custody of the game commission and is doing fine, Krieder said.
RELEASE
Pennsylvania and New Jersey authorities are to discuss on which side of the river the animal will be released, he said.
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