Florida Fish and Wildlife conducted a rescue mission for a bear whose head was trapped in a plastic container for 28 days.
FWC worked with bear biologists and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office to find the bear, .
Someone initially reported the bear was stuck inside the container, but officials said after two sightings, nobody saw the bear again for more than three weeks.
Finally, a residentap security camera captured the bear earlier this week.
FWC staff and law officials set new traps and began nightly patrols for the neighborhood until they eventually spotted the 250-pound female bear.
FWC officials believe the plastic container was part of an automatic feeder the bear got stuck in.
The bear wore the container for nearly a month before FWC employees could remove it, .
After monitoring the bear’s progress for a couple of days, they released it back into the wild after it showed it could eat and drink normally.
