The Chequamegon Humane Association in Ashland, Wisconsin, said the bear had the jar on its head for more than a week.

A bear with a jar stuck on its head for over a week in northern Wisconsin was successfully freed, according to a Monday, Aug.4, press release from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

A bear observed with its head stuck in a plastic container in Bayfield, Douglas and Sawyer counties of northern Wisconsin is now free, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.