The Butler Area Public Library will hosting a free Watersheds & Rain Barrels workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17. The program also will provide attendees with a free 55-gallon rain barrel. The ...

A black bear in northern Michigan is finally free after spending two years with a blue 55-gallon plastic drum lid stu ...

This Bear Spent Years With a Lid on Its Neck Until Rescuers Stepped In first appeared on PetHelpful on Jun 23, 2025 This ...

Even seemingly benign behavior can backfire if you live in bear country. A discarded drum lid, a backyard bird feeder, an ...

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

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

According to the DNR, the blue lid matched those used to cover large 55-gallon barrels, which are popular among rural landowners and hunters to hold grain and feed used to attract bears.

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

Wildlife experts with the DNR recently stepped in to help a black bear that had a container lid stuck around its neck for two ...