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May 29, 2008

Police on the lookout after bear spotted in N. Kingstown

Maybe he just wants to settle down.

A black bear -- apparently the same one that's been seen in Glocester, Scituate, Coventry, West Greenwich, and around South County -- was spotted again this morning in North Kingstown, according to the Department of Environmental Management's Environmental Police.

Authorities are on the scene, tracking the bear that is likely responsible for rummaging through trash cans and bird feeders in a search for food.

Trackers set up a bear trap yesterday in the Mettatuxet neighborhood of Narragansett after a sighting off Boston Neck Road. They waited.

Nothing.

This morning, just after 6:00, there was another spotting in a backyard on Pride's Crossing Lane, according to environmental police officer Mike Mahoney.

Then reports came in that the bear had crossed Shermantown Road and gone into the woods. That was the last sighting as far as Mahoney has heard.

So environmental police officers are on the scene, relying on citizens calling in sightings and pounding the pavement.

They're armed with tranquilizers, a bear trap, and hopefully, a good supply of patience.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 7:50 AM | Permalink

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