06-07-2012, 09:41 PM
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) - A 200-pound bear is capturing the imagination of Massachusetts residents as it meanders across Cape Cod.
Boston-area newscasts are featuring daily updates on the bear's whereabouts. A Cape Cod Bear Twitter feed has nearly 1,300 followers.
Officials believe the bear swam about 500 feet across the Cape Cod Canal from the mainland on Memorial Day weekend. It's since been spotted at more than a dozen locations along a 60-mile stretch of the Cape from Sandwich east to Provincetown.
Now that the bear has reached the tip of the Cape, wildlife officials say they might attempt to immobilize and move it to an area where other bears live.
Officials say research dating to the 1700s suggests this is the first bear on the Cape.
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Boston-area newscasts are featuring daily updates on the bear's whereabouts. A Cape Cod Bear Twitter feed has nearly 1,300 followers.
Officials believe the bear swam about 500 feet across the Cape Cod Canal from the mainland on Memorial Day weekend. It's since been spotted at more than a dozen locations along a 60-mile stretch of the Cape from Sandwich east to Provincetown.
Now that the bear has reached the tip of the Cape, wildlife officials say they might attempt to immobilize and move it to an area where other bears live.
Officials say research dating to the 1700s suggests this is the first bear on the Cape.
Story here.