The presence of the bear prompted Vineyard Junior High School and Highland Avenue Christian School, located about a mile apart from each other, to enter a lockdown beginning at around 8:15 a.m.
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The bear is seen walking on a sidewalk.
A bear that’s been in a tree for several hours placed a school on modified lockdown Wednesday morning in Rancho Cucamonga, California, according to police.
The bear, at times, ambled slowly through streets and then climbed up trees to get away from the people pursuing him.
Wildlife authorities were able to tranquilize the animal.
They later released the bear on a nearby mountain, he said.
The bear, believed to be a black bear, will now be relocated somewhere safe by California Department Fish and Wildlife officers, the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department tweeted Wednesday.
Three tranquilizer darts were used to knock it out, KABC reported.
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She said she screamed until the bear jumped over a gate and her dogs came back inside.
