A black bear, approximately three-years of age who gained social media followers while wandering throughout the Midwest, has died. “Bruno” as he was known, was struck by a vehicle in Louisiana, causing his back legs to be broken. According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, says the male bear had to be euthanized because he was paralyzed and dragging himself due to his spinal injuries. Biologists estimated that Bruno had been injured about a month before a homeowner in Morehouse Parish, which is on the Arkansas state line in northeastern Louisiana, called the department Tuesday, saying a bear wouldn’t leave the yard.

(File Photo) via Radio Iowa

Bruno had traveled in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri before getting cornered between two interstates and drawing a crowd of hundreds in Missouri. His journey had taken him 800 miles. Facebook fans tracked the bear south through Arkansas, as well. According to a woman who set up a Facebook page for Bruno, “Keeping Bruno Safe,” he was an odd bear who seemed to prefer farm fields and groves to forests, and never went for the easy pickings of trash cans and dumpsters. He never threatened humans.