MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A black bear in northern Michigan is finally free after spending two years with a blue 55-gallon plastic drum lid stuck around its neck. The bear, first ...

MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich. (WKRC) - A group of biologists finally managed to remove a plastic lid that had been choking an elusive bear cub for over two years. According to a release from the 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 Natural ...

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 to the ...

A trail camera on private property in Hillman, Michigan, captured this photo of a black bear with a lid stuck on its neck. (Photo provided to Michigan Department of Natural Resources by Hillman ...

DNR staffers, from left, Angela Kujawa, Sherry Raifsnider and Miranda VanCleave work to remove a lid from an immobilized black bear. The bear had gotten its head stuck in one of two holes in the ...

A black bear was first spotted with lid on its neck in 2023; the bear was trapped and rescued in June 2025. The lid caused scarring but the bear was in better health than expected. The object may have ...

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, ...