The Chequamegon Humane Association in Ashland, Wisconsin, said the bear had the jar on its head for more than a week.

CABLE, Wis. ( KBJR /Gray News) - A Wisconsin family is glad they had a role in rescuing a bear that had a jar stuck on its head for more than a week.

A two-year-old female black bear seen wandering around Ashland, Wisconsin, for eight days with a plastic jar stuck on her head has been safely freed.