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Bear that captivated Traverse City neighborhood was killed by hunter
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A 350-pound black bear that perched for hours in a tree, causing a Mother's Day spectacle last spring in northern Michigan, was killed by a hunter, authorities said.
“It makes me sad, because I was just envisioning it living peacefully in the forest somewhere, thriving as a bear does,” said Ashlea Walter, who was among dozens of people who watched in May as authorities responded to a bear in a Traverse City neighborhood.
The bear was killed four months later in September in Emmet County, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. .................(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/01/26/bear-traverse-city-killed-hunter/72364189007/
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