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Collier Sergeant discovers mama bear and cub running around in apartment complex

Sergeant finds bears stuck in dumpster at apartment complex
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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A mama bear and her cubs are reunited after one of them got stuck in a dumpster.

It happened when Collier Sergeant Paul Cabral heard a strange noise outside his apartment complex.

He saw a bear and her cub wandering around a construction site.

the Sergeant made a loud noise, hoping to scare them back into the woods.

The bears wandered off, but the sergeant realized a second cub was stuck in the dumpster.

Fish and Wildlife Officers arrived and freed the cub they reunited it with its mother and other cubs.

They all went back into the woods together.