Wildlife officials rescue a cub who had a jar stuck on his head

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Thanks to the actions of Black Bear Support Biologist (BBR) Janelle Musser who along with officials of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) worked together to do their best efforts to save a cub who had the bad luck of having a plastic jar inside of his head. The incident where the agents were called to make an attempt to save the bear from dying from hunger began on June 13 at the Covered Bridge Resort in the Wears Valley in Sevier County thanks to the alert of a concerned person who saw that the cub needed help. The rescue of the bear happened yesterday afternoon when the rescue teams with the help of a local businessman who gave the officials of the BBR and TWRA so they could allow Janelle to climb up the ladder where the cub was located halfway up a tree where she used a catch pole around the container which was successful in getting the jar out of the head of the cub. Then the other officials with the ABR to capture the bear to be taken to their place where the bear make a full recovery. It is amazing that a cub could survive eight days without having anything to eat for eight days after having his head stuck inside of a jar that the cub found on the ground.