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Bear with jar on head for ten days is freed

I heard on the news about a black bear cub that had a jar stuck on it’s head for ten days before being rescued. The six-month-old cub was sifting through garbage in Weirsdale, in the Ocala National Forest near central Florida, when it got a large one gallon plastic jug stuck on it’s head. The cub was in danger of [...]

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Fish and Wildlife agents create big scare to protect big black bear

In this video, state fish and wildlife agents in Washington do a “hard release” of a big black bear that had found a bee hive and showed up in the neighborhood three nights in a row. The “hard release” seems like a very innovative method to keep both black bears and people safe. Their use of a “bear [...]

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