the apple dose not fall far from the tree Keith Jr. picking up where his father left off
Bear Standoff Ends Happily with no Causalities in Ridgewood
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, 10:47 AM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, 5:10 PM
BY STEFANIE DAZIO AND CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD
Wildlife officials have finally captured an elusive bear that romped around the village for nearly six hours.
The bear was tranquilized around 3 p.m. Tuesday as it rested in a tree on Lake Avenue. Police officers waited below with a net to catch the drugged bruin, who struggled to hang onto the branches for 30 seconds before falling out of the tree with a large thud. It was then carted away.
The standoff between man and beast had been going on throughout the day and nothing worked until now. The goal is to relocate the bear.
At the police’s request, media outlets with helicopters in the air tried to scare the bear out of a tree on Godwin Avenue but that failed and the helicopters backed off.
A spray of water from the fire department finally got him to leave the tree but he escaped up another tree with animal control officers and their German Shepherd in hot pursuit. Even the bear could be seen panting.
An earlier attempt to shoot a tranquilizing dart at the bear as he climbed down from a tree on West Ridgewood Avenue missed the mark.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/elusive-bear-finally-captured-after-six-hour-ridgewood-romp-video-1.1099112#sthash.q7z6AcDG.dpuf
Another Bear story Kodak moment for our Ridgewood Village.
The BIG story for the Village this week. I wonder what is next ?
Parking garages, Apartment buildings, Valley Hospital #1
The disturbing news is that a woman from the animal control center in Ridgewood told local residents on Wednesday that the bear had actually been in the area for 3 days. The town made the decision not to tell any of the residents that the bear had been lurking in their back yards due to fear of panic and people trying to “hunt” or look for the bear. She also made a statement that bears are “not a danger” to people and that’s why none of the residents were notified. This ignorant woman should be fired immediately for putting the residents of Ridgewood in harms way.
It was clearly racism, they were just shooting because it was a “black” bear. Where is Al Sharpton now?
Good one Brian.
Is bear meat good?
Declan maybe you should ask PETA
Chasing the poor animal with rubber buckshot and fire hoses is enough to piss it off.
Do not leave food for it in your yard (try putting your garbage in plastic bags inside the cans), put a rock on the lid, and don’t feed them.
They will go elsewhere.
Yea, ok mike you big pussy…..it’s a frickin bear.
Man up and protect your own family instead of relying
On the dopes at village hall to do it for you.
Mike not sure where you got that information but the first reported bear sightings in Ridgewood were that morning, and the police immediately notified residents and the schools. There were reports of a bear in Wyckoff and Oakland area for the past few days.
Unfortunately we don’t live up in the country where we can just let a bear wonder through yards and around schools. The police are instructed to try and get a bear up a tree so that animal control and the state will then come out to tranquilize it. The state will not respond unless the bear has been isolated in one spot.
The use of the helicopters and water was requested by the state through the police.