Firefighters and wildlife officers watch as a tranquilized black bear falls out of a tree onto a tarp in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

In this Wednesday, May 24, 2012 photo, firefighters and wildlife officers watch as a tranquilized black bear falls out of a tree onto a tarp in Steamboat Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Steamboat Pilot and Today, Matt Stensland)

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Firefighters help oust tranquilized bear from tree

Updated: Friday, 25 May 2012, 8:56 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 25 May 2012, 8:52 AM EDT

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officers had to ask firefighters to help them get a black bear out of a tree in Steamboat Springs after a tranquilizer shot couldn't get it to budge.

The black bear was tranquilized Wednesday so it could be relocated out of the city. The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports wildlife officers expected the bear would fall asleep and out of the tree after it was tranquilized, but instead the bear was stuck.

A firefighter on a ladder approached the bear, which eventually fell onto a tarp below.

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Information from: Steamboat Pilot & Today, http://steamboatpilot.com/

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