Bear escape: Trapped in skate park, bear uses ladder to get out
Frame by frame of the bear's ladder rescue. (AP Photo)
From the AP wire:
SNOWMASS, Colo. (AP) — A bear that wandered into a sunken skateboard park and got stuck was rescued when officials lowered a ladder so it could climb out.
The bear was discovered Tuesday morning in the Colorado resort town of Snowmass. Officials say it apparently was in the park all night, and couldn’t get out because of the steep concrete sides.
Workers from the Parks and Recreation Department lowered a long ladder. The bear eventually climbed the ladder and wandered away.
No injuries were reported to people or the bear.
Bear sightings have been common this summer in the Colorado mountains. Authorities are pressing residents not to leave out food or trash that attract bears.
Most bears are trapped and relocated after encounters with humans. More aggressive bears are shot.
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this story sucked. i am in ninth grade journalism and i could right a better layed out story than this. your inverted pyramid style is good but seriously, you need to get some better information than most aggresive bears are shot. however wrote this needs to go back to high school and stop writing suck horrible stories.
Well, Riley, you’ll have to take that up with The Associated Press, as it was an AP writer who penned this little story. And just a word of advice: If you’re going to criticize someone’s writing and reporting, be sure to capitalize words at the beginning of sentences and generally watch your grammar throughout. Just sayin.
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