A young black bear has been freed from the plastic lid that was stuck around his neck for the past two years. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources captured the male bear and wildlife biologists removed the lid from the 110-lb.

Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years. “It’s pretty incredible that the bear survived and was able to feed itself,

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