An officer went out on a limb to catch a black bear on the loose in North Battleford, Sask. Wednesday morning.

RCMP received numerous reports of the bear on St. Laurent Drive around 6 a.m. CST.

The bear was first spotted around 6 a.m. (Submitted by RCMP)

Officers located it about a block away, after it took shelter up a tree along Territorial Drive.

The bear was contained with the help of conservation officers, tranquillized and taken out of the city.

Once the bear was out, it went limp in the tree, so the RCMP member went up to retrieve him.

RCMP say the bear was about a year old, and it was unharmed and in good health.