Loose Bear on RIT Campus

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A loose bear runs across the Sol Heuman quad after getting hit by a tranquilizer dart by a Department of Environmental Conservation staff member (DEC).

A DEC official holds his tranquilizer gun at the ready just after the bear ran across the Sol Heuman quad.

Students hope for a glimpse of the bear in a residential stairwell. The sign in the window reads "ETA on Tranq[uilizer]? This is UN-BEAR-ABLE"

After two tranquilizer darts, and about five minutes after getting hit by the first, the bear succumbed. It was then put into a net and loaded into a trailer.




A DEC official closes the bear trap after showing it to the media.

Edit: Changed DEC officer to staff members/officials. I don't have information on whether or not they are officers or biologists.