Tranquilized black bear flops from a branch and into safety net after perching in a tree outside a Pennsylvania high school

A Pennsylvania paw patrol was called into action after a young black bear decided to make itself at home in a Harrisburg neighborhood.

Roads were closed and staff and students at Cumberland County High School were ordered to stay indoors after the fearless creature was spotted strolling around the Camp Hill suburb early on Tuesday afternoon.

By the time rescuers arrived at the scene, it had made itself comfortable in the branches of a tree 25 feet above a sports field.

Fire and rescue officials edged towards it on a ladder truck before shooting it with a tranquilizer dart as their colleagues spread a tarpaulin below.

Minutes later the unconscious ursine plopped out of the tree and was expertly caught in the center of the tarp by a dozen rescuers.

A dozen rescuers braced themselves for impact as the tranquilized bear fell from the tree 

 Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said it would be released back into the wild

There thought to be more than 20,000 black bears in the state and multiple bear sightings have been reported in Cumberland County in the last few weeks, pennlive.com reported.

The combined team of wildlife officials, police and firefighters were taking no chances with this one and popped their young captive with another tranquilizer before placing it in a bear trap on a trailer.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said the bear did not seem to be fully grown and would likely be released once it had recovered on state land in rural Juniata County.