Firefighters use a ladder truck to rescue a BEAR stuck in a neighborhood tree

Firefighters in Colorado Springs had quite the operation when they rescued a black bear from a pine tree on Sunday.

The bear, which weighed over 150 pounds, was asleep after it was tranquilized before the firefighters used a ladder to bring it down.

The rescue occurred at the intersection of Chelton Road and Claremont Street, a residential area just blocks from James Monroe Elementary School.

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Heavy load: firefighters first tranquilized the black bear before taking it down from the tree

Channeling Yogi or Boo Boo: a female black bear found herself high above a pine tree in Colorado Springs

The B-shift crew of the firefighter department was in charge of bringing down the bear

Reacting to photos on Twitter one user commented 'bears are the new cats'

The firefighters targeted the bear with a tranquilizer gun but the first shot only made her climb up higher.

After their second attempt the bear was knocked out.

Michael Seraphin, a Colorado state wildlife division spokesman, said that firefighters used a harness to bring her down.The entire operation took approximately five hours.