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Tranquilizer dart ends black bear’s school visit

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, a young black bear climbs down from a tree near Woodland Middle School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school whose mascot is a grizzly bear was captured and will be returned to the wild. Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the black bear after it climbed down from a large tree. Fish and Game says it's a young bear likely on its own for the first time and was looking for a place to live when it came across the school. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Tess Freeman)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, a young black bear climbs down from a tree near Woodland Middle School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school whose mascot is a grizzly bear was captured and will be returned to the wild. Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the black bear after it climbed down from a large tree. Fish and Game says it's a young bear likely on its own for the first time and was looking for a place to live when it came across the school. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Tess Freeman) In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, a young black bear climbs down from a tree near Woodland Middle School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school whose mascot is a grizzly bear was captured and will be returned to the wild. Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the black bear after it climbed down from a large tree. Fish and Game says it's a young bear likely on its own for the first time and was looking for a place to live when it came across the school. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Tess Freeman)

By Associated Press 1 min read

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) – A young black bear that visited a northern Idaho middle school whose mascot is a grizzly bear has been captured and will be returned to the wild.

The Coeur d’Alene Press reports (http://bit.ly/1ro9sMj ) that Idaho Fish and Game officials tranquilized the bear after it climbed down from a large tree at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Wayne Wakkinen of Fish and Game says it’s a young bear likely on its own for the first time. He says it was looking for a place to live when it came across Woodland Middle School – home of the Grizzlies – in Coeur d’Alene.

He says the bear is being released in a remote area.

School Resource Officer Tom Sparks says school continued as usual but lunch was held inside.

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Information from: Coeur d’Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com