Bear caught after sighting prompts closure at Magic Kingdom
State wildlife officials successfully captured a bear after it caused a bit of a disturbance at the Magic Kingdom early Monday morning. Chopper 2 was overhead as Fish and Wildlife experts searched for the bear. Below: WESH 2 Exclusive Footage Shows Bear Taken Away Walt Disney World first confirmed the bear was in a tree on Disney property, and visitors using the park’s app saw some areas inaccessible and others open, had significant wait times right after the park opened. Disney later said shortly before 10 a.m. that after consulting with state experts, it was reopening Frontierland, Liberty Square and Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. Chopper 2 was able to get exclusive video of the bear being carried out in the early afternoon. The FWC said the adult female bear was “chemically immobilized so staff could safely capture her prior to relocation.” We’re told she was taken in the area of the Ocala National Forest. In most cases of bears wandering into neighborhoods or areas not considered more natural habitat, they are given the necessary space to safely wander away, but the FWC wrote, “In this situation, staff have captured the animal and are relocating the bear out of the park.” The FWC says the bear was likely looking for food when it ended up on Disney property. Top Headlines: Listen to news and weather headlines with the WESH 2 podcast National Hurricane Center tracking 2 tropical disturbances in Atlantic Deputies: Man shot, killed by neighbor in Volusia County
State wildlife officials successfully captured a bear after it caused a bit of a disturbance at the Magic Kingdom early Monday morning.
Chopper 2 was overhead as Fish and Wildlife experts searched for the bear.
Below: WESH 2 exclusive footage shows the bear being taken away
Walt Disney World first confirmed the bear was in a tree on Disney property, and visitors using the park’s app saw some areas inaccessible and others that were open had significant waits just after the park opened.
Disney later said shortly before 10 a.m. that after consulting with state experts, it was reopening Frontierland, Liberty Square and Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom.
Chopper 2 was able to get exclusive video of the bear being carried out in the early afternoon.
The FWC said the adult female bear was “chemically immobilized so staff could safely capture her prior to relocation.” We’re told she was taken in the area of the Ocala National Forest.
In most cases of bears wandering into neighborhoods or areas not considered more natural habitat, they are given the necessary space to safely wander away, but the FWC wrote, “In this situation, staff have captured the animal and are relocating the bear out of the park.”
The FWC says the bear was likely looking for food when it ended up on Disney property.
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