Why does this continue to happen? We have no one in this entire province we can bring in to better deal with the situation vs killing it?
Toronto police shot and killed a bear after it roamed through a residential area of Scarborough late Friday night.
A spokesperson for Toronto Police Service's 42 Division said Emergency Task Force members were deployed to a neighbourhood in northeast Toronto after multiple bear sightings were reported.
The police official said the animal, which according to unconfirmed eyewitness reports was an adult black bear, was rummaging through backyards, and at one point banged on the door of a residence.
Toronto police launch bear hunt after reports of a sighting in Scarborough (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bear-hunt-1.4114011)
He said ETF officers shot the bear in the Middlefield Road and McCowan Road area after animal control officials advised police that they were not equipped to deal with the potentially dangerous situation.
"The bear has been seized and is no longer at large," police said in a tweet.
Police began tweeting about sightings of the bear in the Tapscott Road and Finch Avenue East area at about 10:30 p.m. and launched a bear hunt shortly thereafter.
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.@ONresources (https://twitter.com/ONresources) @TPS42Div (https://twitter.com/TPS42Div) @TheTorontoZoo (https://twitter.com/TheTorontoZoo) Our officers have advised that they located the bear in the McCowan Rd and Finch Ave E area and they are currently monitoring it ^ma
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.@ONresources (https://twitter.com/ONresources) @TPS42Div (https://twitter.com/TPS42Div) @TheTorontoZoo (https://twitter.com/TheTorontoZoo) The bear has been seized and is no longer at large. Thank you all for all of your retweets ^ma @TPS42Div (https://twitter.com/TPS42Div)
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</twitterwidget>There were no reports of any people or pets being injured.
Police had no immediate information about where the bear came from, its gender, or whether a post-mortem examination would be performed to try to determine if it was suffering from any abnormalities.
Members of the public had been warned to stay away from the area and not to approach the animal.
The Toronto Zoo, which is located less than four kilometres from where the animal is alleged to have been seen, had informed police that they were not missing any bears.
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