From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-370703-416408
ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) -- Florida officials say they rescued a 375-pound
bear from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico.
The bear had wandered into a neighborhood of the Florida panhandle
community of Apalachicola during the weekend, when it was hit by a
tranquilizer dart shot by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission biologists. It managed to escape and bolt into the ocean
before the sedation went into effect, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported.
That was when biologist Adam Warwick jumped into the water to keep the
bear from drowning. He managed to get the animal to shore where a
backhoe operator helped load it on a truck. The bear was then
relocated to Osceola National Forest in Florida.