A black bear seen wandering through downtown Langley on Sunday was captured by conservation officers after it walked into an residential buildingB次元官网网址檚 back yard.
Multiple social media posts tracked the movement of the female bear, who was photographed walking near near the Home Depot hardware store and the Willowbrook shopping centre before she was tranquilized in a buildingB次元官网网址檚 visitor parking, around 11:30 a.m.
Resident Allie Wilkinson said when her husband Matthew told there was a bear in their back yard, she had trouble believing it.
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B次元官网网址淗e said they caught a bear back there, and I thought for sure he was joking. I was like, he must mean a big cute German Shepherd out there, or something.
Then she looked down from their balcony.
B次元官网网址淗e literally meant bear. It was a very exciting day. ItB次元官网网址檚 obviously scary to think if I was out back with my dog, I might have had a little bit of a panic.B次元官网网址�
She observed none of the dogs in the complex made a sound when the bear came into the back yard.
It was also a little unnerving for Wilkinson when a neighbour asked a conservation officer if the bear could have climbed up into the upper floors of the building and was told B次元官网网址減robably not.B次元官网网址�
Wilkinson recorded the capture on video.
There were no reports of any injuries.
Based on overheard comments by the conservation officers, it appeared the bear had been previously tagged and relocated at least once before.
If relocation is unsuccessful, the officers at the scene indicated it was possible the bear might have to be euthanized.
Wilkinson is hoping it doesnB次元官网网址檛 come to that.
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B次元官网网址淚f itB次元官网网址檚 true that they end up relocating her and she comes back and they have to euthanize her, it just seems so sad because watching the videos, she was just wandering through the parking lot, coming in the backyard. She was just doing bear things.B次元官网网址�
Langley Advance Times has reached to the Conservation Officer Service and Langley RCMP for more information.
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