Bear Cub Gets Head Stuck in Cookie Jar
By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com
A 6-month-old black bear cub got himself into some trouble Friday when he apparently tried to eat the last of the animal crackers from a cookie jar he found in the trash.
The 28-pound cub got his head stuck in the plastic jar in Ringwood, New Jersey. When help arrived, he got scared and ran up a tree, where he got wedged into a spot about 40 feet up.
Staff from the state's Environmental Protection Department tranquilized the baby bear and brought him down from the tree, where firefighters gently removed the jar from his head. Staffers dunked the cub in cool water because he was dehydrated and distressed. He was then put in the care of an animal rehabilitator. - Read it at CBS New York
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