A black bear had to undergo a procedure after roaming around Michigan for two years with a plastic lid stuck around its neck.

Norton said it's not precisely known how the lid got stuck on the bear's neck. Bear baiting is legal in Michigan, but the ...

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

For about two years, the young bear would occasionally appear on trail cams with a lid stuck on his neck before disappearing ...

A young black bear has been freed from the plastic lid that was stuck around his neck for the past two years. The Michigan ...

An unwelcome plastic collar was removed from around the neck of a 2-year-old bear. Once upon a time there was a black bear in ...

A fter getting a plastic lid stuck around its neck as a cub two years ago, a young black bear in Michigan is finally free of ...

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

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

While most bears worry about finding their next meal, one in Michigan spent two years trying to get rid of his last one – or ...

The bear had “significant scarring and an abscess on its neck,” according to a June 18 news release.

Wildlife biologists first became aware of the bear with a lid around its neck in 2023. They’d been searching ever since.