Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for ...

Wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck for two years.

A plastic lid certainly wasn't on this bear's list of bare necessities. Biologists were thankfully able to safely remove the ...

“It’s pretty incredible that the bear survived and was able to feed itself,” state bear specialist Cody Norton said Wednesday. “The neck was scarred and missing hair, but the bear was in ...

After evading authorities on a two-year-long manhunt, an elusive black bear has finally been caught in northern Michigan.

“It’s pretty incredible that the bear survived and was able to feed itself,” state bear specialist Cody Norton said Wednesday. “The neck was scarred and missing hair, but the bear was in ...

MONTMORENCY COUNTY, MI -- State wildlife biologists have freed a black bear that had a plastic lid stuck around its neck.

A black bear had a plastic lid around its neck for at least two years. MIchigan Department of Natural Resources biologists recently cut it off.

A young black bear in Northern Michigan was freed from a plastic lid stuck on its neck, highlighting the importance of ...

Cody Norton with the DNR says that even though baiting tactics are regulated, other containers are not. "We're really relying on the public to do their part," Norton said. He recommends properly ...