{"id":119212,"date":"2025-08-04T21:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/119212\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:51:14","slug":"bear-with-head-stuck-in-jar-for-over-a-week-in-northern-wisconsin-is-now-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/119212\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear with head stuck in jar for over a week in Northern Wisconsin is now free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CRYSTAL LAKE, Wis. (Northern News Now) &#8211; According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the bear that has had its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernnewsnow.com\/2025\/08\/01\/volunteers-wildlife-officials-race-rescue-bear-with-jar-stuck-head\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.northernnewsnow.com\/2025\/08\/01\/volunteers-wildlife-officials-race-rescue-bear-with-jar-stuck-head\/\" target=\"_blank\">head stuck<\/a> in a jar is now free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Chequamegon Humane Association received a call on Sunday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernnewsnow.com\/2025\/07\/29\/help-needed-bayfield-county-bear-with-jar-stuck-its-head\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.northernnewsnow.com\/2025\/07\/29\/help-needed-bayfield-county-bear-with-jar-stuck-its-head\/\" target=\"_blank\">July 28<\/a>, about a black bear in Bayfield County near Lake Namakagon with a jar stuck on its head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 2-year-old female bear was spotted in a Crystal Lake resident\u2019s yard outside of Cable on Sunday morning, where they promptly called the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Bear with head stuck in jar for over a week is now free\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BLI2NSIH7RHXPFBCWUWV5M76NI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" \/>Bear with head stuck in jar for over a week is now free(USDA Wildlife Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">USDA Wildlife Services Staff arrived on the scene, tranquilized the bear, cut off and removed the jar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the Wisconsin DNR, the bear was relocated for its own safety and released in the woods where there will be ample natural food and water this time of year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Bear with head stuck in jar for over a week is now free\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/EP72OYHXXNHA3ER27H6KQBM664.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" \/>Bear with head stuck in jar for over a week is now free(USDA Wildlife Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Wisconsin DNR says Public reports of the bear were critical in the success of this effort.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Bear has jar removed from its head\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XK5SVDGNXFCIDJP64TTDQRVQCE.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"743\" \/>Bear has jar removed from its head(USDA APHIS Wildlife Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/page\/find-nbc15-news-wherever-you-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to download the WMTV15 News app or our WMTV15 First Alert weather app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WMTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CRYSTAL LAKE, Wis. 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