The Hundred Acre Woods is that way!
A black bearspotted and ultimately capturedatWalt Disney World’sMagic Kingdom on Monday was released into a Florida forest shortly after the incident.
A video from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows the agency’s officials helping the bear return to the wild after a brief visit to the most magical place on Earth.
In the clip, FWC officials slap the back of a truck holding the black bear, urging the animal to hop out of the vehicle and into the Ocala National Forest. The bear obliges and soon scampers off into the woods after stepping out of the truck.
“Get there, get there, go go go,” an official says in the clip.
A black bear found inside Disney World’s Magic Kingdom returns to the wild at the Ocala National Forest.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/AMAZING ANIMALS+/TMX
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/AMAZING ANIMALS+/TMX
The release comes shortly after a Magic Kingdom cast member spotted the black bear in a tree while doing a routine pre-opening check of the park, perNBC NewsandThe Associated Press.
Walt Disney World shared a statement from the FWC to PEOPLE on Monday, noting that “biologists with the FWC’s Bear Management Program and FWC Law Enforcement officers” safely captured the adult female bear.
The statement added that the bear likely ended up at the Florida park to search for food, as the animals are “more active” in the fall when preparing for the sparser winter months.
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“In most cases, it is best for bears to be given space and to move along on their own, but given this situation, staff have captured the animal and are relocating the bear out of the park to an area in or around the Ocala National Forest,” the statement read.
The Disney World bear sighting comes three months after a bear was seen at theTampa International Airportand just days after a three-legged bear was spotted stealingWhite Claw cans from a family’s fridge.
Around 4,000 black bears call Florida their home, per theFWC, which notes that the bear population has grown with the human population in the state.
source: people.com
