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'Franklin The Bear' reaches new heights with commemorative t-shirts

By Sylvia Mphofe
Updated  June 14, 2023 11:41am EDT
Pets and Animals
FOX 5 DC

'Franklin' the bear commemorative t-shirts

T-shirts commemorating ‘Franklin’ the bear will benefit the Humane Rescue Alliance!

WASHINGTON - The Humane Rescue Alliance is selling ‘Franklin The Bear’ t-shirts to commemorate the fuzzy black bear that stole everyone's attention after it was spotted sleeping in a tree. All proceeds will go towards benefiting the Alliance. 

A black bear was spotted sleeping in a tree Friday morning in the 1300 block of Franklin Street in the northeast D.C. neighborhood of Brookland. 

Animal Control Officers safely tranquilized the bear and transported him to a wooded area in Maryland where he was safely released later that same day.