{"id":784646,"date":"2026-07-06T21:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784646\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:10:09","slug":"bear-cub-with-head-caught-in-a-jug-gets-released-by-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784646\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear cub with head caught in a jug gets released by police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Officers from Lac Seul Police Service had a surprising encounter with a black bear cub caught in a tight situation last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a press release Lac Seul Police Service stated that they received a report from a community member on June 30, who had observed a cub with its head trapped in a plastic jug.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just jumped in the action and did what anyone else would have done,\u201d Constable Sam Kakekagumick told CBC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black bear cubs can remain with their mother for up to 17 months, but are usually self-sufficient after five months. (Sharon Morrison)<\/p>\n

The bear was located near Whitefish Bay dump, where officers corralled and captured it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bear was then transported to Lac Seul Police Service detachment and the jug was removed without injury to the animal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the bear was eventually freed, Kakekagumick said that it was not an easy process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn’t like being touched in a certain way or I don’t think he’s ever been touched,\u201d Kakekagumick recalled. \u201cSo every time I tried to pull the container off, he kept screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

After taking the cub back to their police unit, Kakekagumick and his partner were able to cut the plastic away using pliers.<\/p>\n

Family reunification?<\/p>\n

But what became of the bear now that it was freed from the jug?<\/p>\n

Kakekagumick contacted the Ministry of Natural Resources and the province provided guidance regarding the cub\u2019s release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe released it right where we found them,\u201d Kakekagumick said. \u201cMama bear wasn’t around to be seen \u2026 I guess the bears will find each other at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m happy that the bear was finally released from that terror of plastic on his head.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-784646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}