Footage circulating on social media shows a black bear running through a residential street and climbing into a tree in Washington DC on Friday, 9 June.
The animal has been safely captured and is expected to be released back into the wild.
DC Police confirmed the bear was tranquillised by the Human Rescue Alliance in a backyard on Franklin Street in the Brentwood-Brookland neighbourhood shortly after 10:15 a.m
Officials loaded the bear into a steel cage and placed it on to an animal rescue truck.
The animal has been safely captured and is expected to be released back into the wild.
DC Police confirmed the bear was tranquillised by the Human Rescue Alliance in a backyard on Franklin Street in the Brentwood-Brookland neighbourhood shortly after 10:15 a.m
Officials loaded the bear into a steel cage and placed it on to an animal rescue truck.
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