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(WNY News Now) – Cuba, NY – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers Powers was notified by DEC Central Dispatch that an individual checking coyote traps in the town of Cuba discovered a bear caught in one of the foothold traps.
Officer Powers contacted his brother, also an ECO, and Officer Bobseine for assistance. The three ECOs met at the property and approached the trapped bear. Officer Bobseine brought a large piece of plywood and used a saw to cut an opening in the bottom of the plywood to place around the trapped bear paw. Officers Bobseine and Powers then held the plywood against the bear while the third ECO released the bear’s paw from the trap.
The bear immediately ran away healthy and relatively unharmed.
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