{"id":951711,"date":"2026-10-30T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951711\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:04:19","slug":"black-bear-in-kanata-tranquilized-relocated-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951711\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear in Kanata tranquilized, relocated by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">A black bear seen wandering through parts of Kanata Thursday was tranquillized and transported to a safer location, Ottawa police say. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">&#8220;It seems our adventurous friend was doing a little exploring before settling in for a long winter\u2019s nap,&#8221; Ottawa Police Service said in a social media post Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, police warned residents that a bear was spotted in the Morgan\u2019s Grant Woods Park area. It was also reported in the backyard of a nearby residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">They later said there was a sighting in the Kanata North area, near Klondike and March Roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Police have asked those in the area to consider removing any bird feeders or other food sources from yards to avoid attracting other unwanted animals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Black bear in a tree.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793351059_296_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption-oOSXz\">Ottawa police say the bear was spotted in areas across Kanata, including near Klondike and March Roads. (Ottawa Police Service\/Facebook)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-951711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}