The Post Independent explains how a quick-thinking Bed and Breakfast owner in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, may have just saved the bear’s life following a week-long ordeal.
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Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday helped rescue a bear that had been wandering around for days with a plastic container stuck on its head.
The bear apparently put his head into a cheese ball container and couldn’t get it out, Jim Hawkins from the Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast confirmed to Denver7.
“He was just a little bear with a big problem”, Hawkins told the newspaper.
Some attempted to have wildlife authorities come and save the animal, but the 2-year-old cub meandered off in its sorry state before officers could arrive and remove the 8-inch-wide jar with claw marks all over it.
On Wednesday, he spotted the bear on his property again. He ended up with some cuts on his arms that required stitches.
When Parks and Wildlife officers arrived, they lured the bear down and cut the jug off of his head.
For approximately a week the bear was spotted running around with a plastic cheeseball jug stuck on his head. The bear woke up a few minutes later, after Groves gave it a drug to reverse the tranquilizer.
Wildlife officials normally warn humans against interacting directly with large wildlife, though Hawkins says he knew exactly what he was doing and faced minimal danger because he outweighs the bear.
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“His heart was in the right place”, Groves said.
