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

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

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

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

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 ...

In a case that highlights the importance of Michigan’s bear-baiting regulations, state wildlife biologists in Montmorency ...

Wildlife biologists first became aware of the bear with a lid around its neck in 2023. They’d been searching ever since.

While most bears worry about finding their next meal, one spent two years trying to get rid of his last one–or at least the ...

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

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