A 70-kilogram black bear was checked and returned to the hills in Coahuila

A male black bear of about 70 kilograms was taken out of a backyard in Finisterre and released back to wild land before dawn. Vanguardia reported the rescue on October 31, 2026. Residents called emergency services around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30, after the bear turned up in the rear yard of a house in Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila.

State civil protection and the Laguna regional team responded. Jorge Alcalá, a wildlife rescue specialist based in Torreón and authorized by Profepa and Coahuila's environment secretariat, handled the animal. A check found no visible injuries, so the specialists decided he did not need a long stay in care. The move and the release wrapped up around 3 a.m. Saturday. The exact release site is being withheld. Authorities said only Profepa can make that location public, and that keeping it quiet protects the bear from people trying to find him. No one in Finisterre was reported hurt. The news is this release. It does not describe a change in the local bear population.