(UPDATE, 8:45 pm) The adult black bear has been safely trapped by game wardens from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

The bear was lured into the trap with a rotisserie chicken dinner shortly after 8:00 p.m.

Wardens are now in the process of relocating the bear back to its natural habitat.

(1st REPORT) A bear has taken refuge in a tree in a Butte neighborhood, and wildlife officials have a plan to get it down: with rotisserie chicken. This black bear has been seen in the southeast Butte neighborhood for about a week.

Watch the video here: Black bear in Butte takes refuge in a tree

Security video taken from a residence off Springfield Avenue captured the bear wandering through a backyard with a garbage bag in its mouth.

Personnel from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and

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