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

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

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 ...

The bear weighed about 110 pounds, which is standard for a growing 2-year-old black bear, according to DNR. It has ...

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

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

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

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

Wildlife biologists recently removed a plastic lid from the neck of a young black bear that it carried around for two years.

Wildlife Experts Remove a Plastic Lid That Was Stuck on a Michigan Bear's Neck for Two Years HILLMAN, Mich. (AP) — Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a ...

Michigan Department of Natural Resources via AP) In this image provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the neck of a black bear is shown after a lid was removed after two years ...