{"id":305023,"date":"2025-11-21T11:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:13:07","slug":"bear-y-unusual-traffic-jam-pawses-park-visitors-in-their-tracks-as-gsmnp-rescues-cub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/305023\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear-y unusual traffic jam pawses park visitors in their tracks as GSMNP rescues cub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) \u2014 A young black bear caused quite the &#8220;bear jam&#8221; in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October.<\/p>\n<p>According to a social media post from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the young bear was rescued from a steep bank on Laurel Creek Road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/12-rehabilitated-bear-cubs-released-wild-wnc-north-carolina-wildlife-commission-rehabilitation-program-orphaned-cub-coastal-mountains-appalachia-zoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">12 REHABILITATED BEAR CUBS RELEASED INTO THE WILD IN NORTH CAROLINA: WILDLIFE COMMISSION<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Park Service says the young bear was likely spooked by traffic on the road and scrambled up the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the park stopped to watch the &#8220;bear jam,&#8221; trapping the bear and creating a dangerous situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we usually let wildlife navigate their environment without interference, this situation called for action. A coordinated team of law enforcement, wildlife biologists, preventive search and rescue (PSAR) rangers, and maintenance crews stepped in,&#8221; the Park Service said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Park Service, law enforcement managed traffic as biologists safely tranquilized the bear to prevent injuries. PSAR staff rappelled down the cliff to help guide the bear into a backhoe bucket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/black-bear-sightings-rise-asheville-western-nc-north-carolina-wnc-fall-season-feeding-frenzy-hungry-wildlife-resources-commission-wise-dog-food-wildlife-nature-porches-neighborhoods-caution-serious-amusing-videos-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BEAR-Y HUNGRY: BEAR SIGHTINGS ON THE RISE IN WESTERN NC AMID FALL SEASON FEEDING FRENZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Park Service wants to remind visitors how to help protect the bears of the Smokies by doing the following:<\/p>\n<p>Observe wildlife from a distanceAvoid stopping in the roadwayAbide by posted speed limits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) \u2014 A young black bear caused quite the &#8220;bear jam&#8221; in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-305023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}