Conservation officers tranquilize bear in Transcona

Winnipeg police and provincial conservation officers were kept busy Tuesday morning after a bear was spotted roaming around Transcona.

Officers were called around 6 a.m. after the bear was seen on Kildare Avenue West.

It made for an unusual start to the day for Lindy Bichlbauer.

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“I texted people and said ‘there’s a bear in my backyard’ and they kept saying ‘LOL. Sure there is!'”

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The bear eventually made its way up a tree and stayed there for close to two hours before conservation officers were able to tranquilize the lost animal with a jab pole. The pole had a syringe connected to it, which put the bear to sleep.

But it wasn’t done creating almost-unbelievable memories, even after the bear was loaded in a shipping cage.

“We went and petted him,” Bichlbauer said. “We petted the bear. He was a cutie.”

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Conservation officers said the bear was a two-year-old male and weighed roughly 125 pounds. It will eventually be released back into the wild.