volunteers hold down bear & remove bucket from its head (had been on there for ONE MONTH!)

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2740932/Pennsylvania-Bucket-Bear-cut-free-bucket-help-daring-volunteer-rescuers.html

Bear that wandered around town with a bucket stuck on its head for a MONTH is caught and freed by brave residents

The young black bear was roaming Perry Township, Clarion County, in western Pennsylvania with a bucket-like object stuck on its head
Bucket Bear was rescued by Dean Hornberger and Samantha Eigenbrod, who have done animal rescue work in the past
The Pennsylvania Game Commission was contacted but told locals they could not do anything while the bear was healthy and 'mobile'


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The two rounded up a band of volunteers to assist in the rescue and set off for the woods near where the bear was photographed.

Hornberger and Eigenbrod had been searching for two hours and were about to call it quits for the day, when they came across the Bucket Bear near the highway.

Hornberger approached it and attempted to wrestle off the rubber container, which turned out to be an air bag that likely broke off a tractor trailer.



The bear slipped out of his grasp and led the group on a 20-minute chase through the woods towards 'the biggest mud hole in the area,' as Hornberger described it.

Once the group tackled the bear, Shawn Balcita pinned it down with his body while Hornberger cut the metal ring on the cushion with a hacksaw.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2740932/Pennsylvania-Bucket-Bear-cut-free-bucket-help-daring-volunteer-rescuers.html#ixzz3CBtXmWn0

[shenmue]

1. Awww

Poor feller.

[BrotherIvan]

2. Good people

Lucky bear.

[rhett o rick]

3. k&r. Thanks for posting. nm

[AngryAmish]

4. How much you want to bet big guy on top wrestled?

Bears have similar shoulders to humans. Cross face and half nelson?

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. it does look like a vwrestling move

[Xithras]

5. Wow

Considering the damage that an angry or scared black bear can do (even a smaller one like this) that was an incredibly brave move on their part. Way to go!

[badtoworse]

6. Not a honey jar? Seriously, kudos to the guys that rescued the animal.

[mokawanis]

7. That was a gutsy thing to do

I applaud their courage and commitment.

[edgineered]

9. The last photo is the forearm of the wrestler.

What's the consensus here, cuts from the saw or from our friend the bear?

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. the bear

[Brother Buzz]

11. This lazy (smart) lumberjack used a piece of equipment to free a black bear from a milk can

I guess a Forwarder is a log picker upper.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Awww! Poor little bear!

He had that thing on his head for an entire month! He must have been starving. What brave volunteers to take the risk to rescue him. I am happy everything turned out ok.