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(VIDEO) Black Bear Captured in East Brunswick Tree

Watch as a black bear is tranquilized and rescued from a tree in East Brunswick

After leading township police and the Helmetta Animal Control officer on a chase for much of the morning,

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The bear had to be removed by the Division of Recreation, Parks and Community Service, who climbed up to the sleeping bear and lowered it down to the ground.

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Chuck Sliker of the Division of Fish & Wildlife said the bear was most likely about 2 years old and was recently captured either in Vernon or West Milford. The bear will be relocated to Round Valley.

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