Thanks to many sighting reports, USDA Wildlife staff found and sedated the bear, and were able to remove the plastic jar.

A bear seen wandering around northern Wisconsin with a jar on its head has been freed.Northern News Now reports a resident spotted the bear Sunday morning near Cable, Wisconsin, and called the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

CABLE, Wis — Authorities freed a bear from having its head stuck in a plastic jar last weekend in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the unlucky bear that was observed moving across Bayfield, Douglas and Sawyer Counties.