(AP) - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a keeper plays with two giant pandas at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, June 22, 2008. Pandas living in the quake-damaged Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center in the world-renowned Wolong Nature Reserve will be evacuated to nearby areas, including Chengdu, due to the continuing threat of landslides and other hazards, a local forestry bureau report said Tuesday, June 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua/Ma Qibin)

(AP) - Two pandas play at China Conservative and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, China's southwest Sichuan province, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The nine-year-old Mao Mao was finally found Monday and dug out Tuesday, almost a month after the May 12 devastating earthquake, crushed by a wall of her enclosure as the river nearby swelled with landslide debris. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

(Reuters) - Giant Panda Mei Xiang lies in the shade on a scorching hot day at the National Zoo in Washington June 9, 2008. Temperatures neared the 100 degree Farenheit (37.7 degree Celsius) mark today as the Washington area continued to feel the effects of a heat wave. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)

UP A TREE IN ROCHESTER
A bear perches in a tree in downtown Rochester yesterday.

Below, a crowd gathers. Fish and Game officials held off on tranquilizing the animal during the heat of the day, fearing it would harm him.

About 11 p.m., the animal was darted and removed from the tree.