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Bear rescued from Sierra bridge
Associated Press
Truckee, Calif. - A 250pound bear stranded under a bridge near Lake Tahoe was saved by an army of rescuers, a tranquilizer dart and a nylon net bought at an Army surplus store.
Claw marks on the con• crete railing of the Rainbow Bridge show where the bruin's ordeal began, said Dave Baker of the Truckee BEAR League, who was the fIrst to arrive on the scene Sept. 15.
It was walking across the span on Highway 40 near
Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevada when oncoming cars spooked it, causing it to jump over the railing. It caught a ledge and pulled itself onto a concrete girder beneath the bridge.
Volunteers strung a. net under the bridge, and an an• imalcontrol ofl1cer shot the bear with tranquilizer.
After the bear lost con-• sciousness, volunteers used a pole to push it into the net, then lowered the bear to the floor of the ravine as more than 100 spectators cheered.
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