Oregon Bear Drowns In Creek After Being Tranquilized

Photos

Day Seven (Train Day One)

see larger image

uploaded by j o c

An Oregon Bear had been seen in downtown Medford's Hawthorne Park ealry Monday, then ODFW biologist, Mark Vargas, had told the Mail Tribune newspaper "I planned to tranquilize the bear and release it in the mountains."

Mark Vargus had told the Mail Tribune that the bear was 2 years old.