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A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff

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A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff

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  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lake Park Elementary School Assistant Principal Ronna Smith gets one of her students bikes out of the back of at Naples police car after an officer drove the students through the neighborhood to the school while officials tried to corral a black bear Wednesday morning. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lake Park Elementary School students talk with a Naples police officer after he drove the students through the neighborhood to the school to keep them safe while officials tried to corral a black bear Wednesday morning. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lake Park Elementary School Assistant Principal Ronna Smith ushers students ushers students on campus after they were driven through the neighborhood to the school by a police officer while officials try to corral a male black bear Wednesday morning. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Naples Police officer John Carnes, center, left, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Jason Tidwell, center right, and other officers stand guard on 13th Street North as officials try to corral a black bear behind a home Wednesday morning. FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A Naples Police officer peaks behind a fence in to a back yard to try to get a glimpse of a male black bear that laid down in some bushes behind a home on 13th Street North on Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joe Bozzo, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, prepares a tranquilizer for a black bear that made it's way in to a Naples neighborhood Wednesday morning. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lake Park Elementary School Assistant Principal Ronna Smith ushers students on campus while officials try to corral a black bear in the neighborhood Wednesday morning. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Lake Park Elementary School Assistant Principal Ronna Smith ushers students on campus while officials try to corral a black bear in the neighborhood Wednesday morning. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joe Bozzo, center, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, makes his way in to a back yard where a young male black bear has settled in some bushes Wednesday morning in the Lake Park neighborhood of Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Jason Tidwell, right, stays back as wildlife biologist Joe Bozzo makes his way toward where a young male black bear has settled in some bushes Wednesday morning in the Lake Park neighborhood of Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joe Bozzo, right, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and a Naples Police officer search for a male black bear that was walk around in the back yards of homes in the Lake Park neighborhood Wednesday morning in Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Joe Bozzo, second from left, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and a Naples Police officer search for a male black bear that was walk around in the back yards of homes in the Lake Park neighborhood Wednesday morning in Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Jason Tidwell, an officer with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Naples Police officers spot a male black bear walking around in the back yards of homes in the Lake Park neighborhood Wednesday morning in Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Jason Tidwell, an officer with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Naples Police officers spot a male black bear walking around in the back yards of homes in the Lake Park neighborhood Wednesday morning in Naples. The FWC received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Naples Police Master Officer Buddy Bonollo gives the signal to others to stay still as he and others spot a male black bear in the backyard of a home on the corner of 13th Street North and 14th Avenue North after it had been hit with a tranquilizer dart Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Naples Police officers try to get a view of a male black bear in the backyard of a home on the corner of 13th Street North and 14th Avenue North after it had been hit with a tranquilizer dart Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Pedestrians watch as a young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Pedestrians watch as a young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A young male black bear is transported on a stretcher after it was tranquilized in the back yard of a Lake Park neighborhood home Wednesday morning in Naples. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call around 7 a.m. that there was a black bear between Coastland Center Mall and Naples High School. Naples Police responded to calls after the bear had traveled west of U.S. 41 and tracked the bear to where it was finally captured on 13th Street North in Naples. The FWC will transport the bear to Picayune Strand State Forest. Lexey Swall/Staff

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