Tennessee bear cub rescued after spending weeks with head stuck in pet feederTennessee bear cub rescued after spending weeks with head stuck in pet feeder Wildlife agents freed a bear cub they say had its head stuck in a plastic pet feeder since August. says they received the first report of the trapped bear on Aug. 14 in East Tennessee. A resident near Chilhowee Lake spotted a sow bear and four cubs on her porch with one having a container stuck on its head.
On Oct. 3, a resident following the situation alerted wildlife agents that they had spotted the cub in a tree. That's when Musser was able to "dart the animal" and successfully remove the container. The TWRA adds that despite the long entrapment, the cub didn't have any abrasions from the container and was in "relatively good shape other than his ears being mashed down to his head."Agents say this isn't the first time something like this has happened. They're urging Tennesseans to be BearWise:
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