Neponset, Ill. – A black bear captured in February in Bureau County probably was not wild, wildlife officials now suspect. DNR conservation police officers captured the 200-pound creature Feb. 4 after receiving a report it was sleeping in a field beneath brush and branches in western Bureau County. The animal, which was in semi-hibernation, was …
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