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Bear rescued from Sierra bridge ledge (AP)

September 29th, 2007 by

In this photo provided by Truckee Animal Control, a bear is seen walking away after he was rescued from a ledge on Rainbow Bridge on Highway 40 west near Donner Summit on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, near Truckee, Calif. Volunteers rescued the 250-pound bear after it was stuck for almost 24 hours. The bruin was walking across the bridge when at least two vehicles drove by at the same time, according to rescuers. The bear apparently panicked and tried to jump over the bridge railing to avoid the cars. Volunteers strung a nylon net from an Army surplus store beneath the 80-year-old bridge, and an animal control officer shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart. After the animal lost consciousness, volunteers used a pole to push it into the net, then lowered the bear onto the floor of the granite-strewn ravine as more than 100 spectators cheered. (AP Photo/Truckee Animal Control, Robert Brooks)AP - A 250-pound bear stranded under a bridge near Lake Tahoe was saved by an army of rescuers, a tranquilizer dart and a nylon net bought at an Army surplus store.

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