ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) -- Florida officials say they rescued a 375-pound bear from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico.

The bear had wandered into a neighborhood of the Florida panhandle community of Apalachicola during the weekend, when it was hit by a tranquilizer dart shot by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists. It managed to escape and bolt into the ocean before the sedation went into effect, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported.

That was when biologist Adam Warwick jumped into the water to keep the bear from drowning. He managed to get the animal to shore where a backhoe operator helped load it on a truck. The bear was then relocated to Osceola National Forest in Florida.

I saw this on the news. I'm happy the bear was saved

good story

We had it on our news also and I would call them heroes to our wildlife