TAMPA — A moderately surprising customer made a cease at Tampa Worldwide Airport earlier this week — a Florida black bear.

Officers say he confirmed up alongside the airport’s fence line in search of a strategy to get via, earlier than he was safely trapped Wednesday and later launched into the Ocala Nationwide Forest.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee stated it’s possible the identical bear that was noticed in Carrollwood a couple of weeks again.

Michael Orlando, FWC’s bear program coordinator, says this time of yr is migration season for juvenile bears hanging out on their very own to discover a new home. 

“It’s a natural occurrence every single year, and we’ll have bears in all kinds of crazy places,” Orlando stated.

FWC advises residents to absorb the second but additionally present respect and hold your distance.

Use the video player above to observe the report by Spectrum Bay News 9’s Cait McVey.



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