Polar bear saved: 1,000-pound polar bear saved from clingy fish net, A polar bear was saved by U.S. scientists and local residents on an Arctic island after he got tangled up in a fish net. This happened on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), said. The 1,000-pound animal was rescued at a barrier island with the help of locals from the Kaktovik community.
NBC News reports Sept. 7 that in order for the polar bear to be saved, it had to be "darted" from a helicopter. The USGS wrote on Facebook: "Local residents, using boats, kept the bear from drowning while the tranquilizers took effect. Once the bear was sedated, the biologists worked to quickly untangle the bear from the net and, after determining it appeared uninjured from its ordeal, released it back into the wild. A great effort by all to keep this magnificent animal in the wild."
Boats were used to buoy the bear to prevent him from drowning as scientists and everyone involved worked quickly to untangle the bear from the fish net. It was quite a team effort in making sure that the polar bear saved would still be able to survive in the wild.
NBC News reports Sept. 7 that in order for the polar bear to be saved, it had to be "darted" from a helicopter. The USGS wrote on Facebook: "Local residents, using boats, kept the bear from drowning while the tranquilizers took effect. Once the bear was sedated, the biologists worked to quickly untangle the bear from the net and, after determining it appeared uninjured from its ordeal, released it back into the wild. A great effort by all to keep this magnificent animal in the wild."
Boats were used to buoy the bear to prevent him from drowning as scientists and everyone involved worked quickly to untangle the bear from the fish net. It was quite a team effort in making sure that the polar bear saved would still be able to survive in the wild.
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