Here’s the follow-up: http://www.twincities.com/ci_10045502

“We attempted to locate a dart gun to tranquilize it, but it left the park. It was on the move.”

Leave out some important info perhaps? He does follow up the next day with the missing info.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_10045502?nclick_check=1

“Dave Garshelis, the DNR’s top bear expert, said he was ready to travel to western Minnesota to shoot the bear with a tranquilizer and remove the food jar, but the bear never stayed in one place long enough to warrant the action.”

“Only a subset of (DNR biologists) are licensed for the drugs, and I’m responsible for the bear drugs,” said Garshelis, who is based in Grand Rapids. “I’m a 2 1/2-hour drive away. If it had hung around in one spot, I would have come out, but it never did that.”

“The drug Garshelis uses on bears, ketamine, is highly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration because it’s a sought-after hallucinogen by drug abusers, who call it Special K. Only veterinarians and a few DNR biologists are licensed to keep it. “I keep it in two safes in my office,” Garshelis said. ”

Vinton, who examined the 2-year-old male bear after it was killed, said it was emaciated, dehydrated and near death. It likely hadn’t eaten or had water in a week. Vinton had to work to slip the jar back over its ears.

“Its hips were sticking out, its gums were white from dehydration,” he said. “I don’t know if its body could have handled being tranquilized.”