A Michigan bear is feeling much, much better. Wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck for two years.

The lid slipped down around its neck like a collar it never asked for, and despite the awkward accessory, the bear kept growing, exploring, and even showing up now and then on trail cams.

Wildlife biologists in Montmorency County, Michigan, removed the plastic lid from the young male bear's neck earlier this month after it was captured and sedated the animal on June 2, the Michigan ...

Since 2023, wildlife biologists in Michigan had been searching for a black bear with a huge plastic lid stuck around its neck, and this month, they finally found it.

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.

June 24 (UPI) --Wildlife biologists in Michigan were able to rescue a black bear seen wandering for two years with a plastic lid stuck around its neck.The Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

For two years, a young black bear roamed Michigan with a lid to a 55-gallon drum stuck around its neck. It was no doubt annoying for the 110-pound bear, but it was mostly all the 2-year-old cub knew.

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.

For two years, a young black bear roamed Michigan with a lid to a 55-gallon drum stuck around its neck. It was no doubt annoying for the 110-pound bear, but it was mostly all the 2-year-old cub knew.