TEMPLETON, Mass. — A portion of a Massachusetts highway was shut down while state wildlife officials moved a family of bears that had set up a den in the median.
State police shut down a stretch of Route 2 in Templeton on Thursday morning while state environmental police tranquilized the mother bear and relocated her and cubs to a safer location in a nearby state forest.
Route 2 is a four-lane highway in that area and was shut down for about 45 minutes.
Authorities say the bears had to be moved to ensure their own safety as well as the safety of motorists.
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State police tweeted that "everything went beary well" with the move.