Overview
- Deputies found the cub on Oct. 25 in a rural area near Arizona Farms and Felix Road and corralled it to the top of a palm tree.
- Arizona Game & Fish Department personnel tranquilized the animal before firefighters carried out the removal from the tree.
- Fire crews from Rural Metro Fire and the Queen Creek Fire and Medical Department handled the extraction.
- Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Valley Metro Fire, Queen Creek Fire and Medical, and Rural Metro Fire were credited in the coordinated response.
- Authorities named the cub Ted, and AZGFD took custody for relocation to the wild in northern Arizona.