Bear loose in suburban Phoenix is finally wrangled

Arizona wildlife managers say they believe the black bear that was spotted twice this week in a Phoenix suburb but eluded capture finally has been caught. The bear was captured Christmas morning in the backyard of an empty home in eastern Mesa. Authorities spotted the animal around 5 a.m. and followed it to a neighborhood. Mesa police set up a perimeter, and a wildlife officer shot it with a tranquilizer dart. "It climbed a 6-foot block wall fence and then promptly went to sleep, and we were able to capture it safely. It was a great, happy ending to the story," Arizona Game and Fish Department spokeswoman Amy Burnett told KSAZ-TV . Burnett said the bear - a 125-pound male that's about 2 to 3 years old - likely will be relocated to theTonto National Forest after it's evaluated...more