SUTTON BEAR CUB RESCUED FROM TALL ELECTRIC POLE

(04/24/2015)

SUTTON - On April 18, a Sutton woman reported a baby bear perched on top of a 40-foot pole just before dawn, and Mon Power came out to rescue it. The power company de-energized the lines that attached to the pole, so they could make the rescue. Todd Meyers, a Mon Power spokesman, said it was a two-hour task, but a worker eventually climbed the pole and saved the bear. "He took her by the scruff of the neck and then brought her back down to the ground," said Meyers. He said the bear was lucky in this situation because it made its way up the pole without coming into contact with any live lines. The bear is now housed in a den with a foster mother in Pendleton County.

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