HILLMAN, Mich. – Michigan Department of Natural Resources biologists recently removed a plastic lid that had been stuck on a black bear’s neck for about two years. The agency first learned ...

A 2-year-old black bear was finally freed from its misery after wildlife officials removed a plastic lid stuck on its neck for almost two years. Wildlife biologists in Montmorency County, Michigan ...

MONTMORENCY CO., Mich (WNEM) – Wildlife biologists recently removed a plastic lid from the neck of a young black bear that it carried around for two years. According to Michigan Department of ...

Michigan DNR biologists discovered a young black bear who got his head stuck in a 5-inch hole in a plastic lid. They believe it's been there for two years, since the bear was just a cub.

After that, the DNR was on the lookout for the animal with a hard plastic lid around the neck. The bear first turned up on a trail camera as a cub in 2023 in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Michigan DNR biologists discovered a young black bear who got his head stuck in a 5-inch hole in a plastic lid. They believe it's been there for two years, since the bear was just a cub.

In this image provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the neck of a black bear is shown after a lid was removed after two years on June 3, 2025, near Hillman, Mich. ( Michigan ...

Montmorency County, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Wildlife biologists removed a plastic lid wrapped around the neck of a young black bear for two years.The bear was first spotted in 2023, according ...

Montmorency County, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Wildlife biologists removed a plastic lid wrapped around the neck of a young black bear for two years.The bear was first spotted in 2023, according ...

Montmorency County, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Wildlife biologists removed a plastic lid wrapped around the neck of a young black bear for two years.The bear was first spotted in 2023, according ...