PORTLAND (WGME) — A bear is back in the wild after making the rounds in Portland’s Old Port Friday.
Around 10:30 a.m., police responded to reports the young black bear was around the York Street area.
The bear then wound up in a basement-level parking garage under the Portland Harbor Hotel near Union and Fore Streets.
Officers surrounded the area.
Wardens and state wildlife biologists helped out, and the bear was tranquilized.
A bear is back in the wild after making the rounds in Portland’s Old Port Friday. (Portland Police Department)
Police say it was taken to a suitable area and released back into the wild.