Bear gets stuck in stadium as it wanders University of Tennessee campus, officials say
Police needed help getting an intruder out of a baseball stadium Sunday morning, officials say.
A bear wandering around the University of Tennessee’s campus somehow managed to get stuck inside the school’s baseball stadium, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said on Facebook.
The university’s police department contacted the TWRA about the bear at about 4 a.m., the post says.
Wildlife officials responded to the baseball stadium and were able to quickly tranquilize the bear and get it out with the help of police, according to post.
Wildlife officials say they will release it into an environment more suitable for bears.
“New mascot? Would have been interesting to see Smokey’s reaction,” one person commented on the Facebook post, referencing the school’s bluetick coonhound mascot.
“Even bears think it’s great to be a Tennessee Vol,” another wrote.
This story was originally published December 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM with the headline "Bear gets stuck in stadium as it wanders University of Tennessee campus, officials say."
