Animals and objects, they donโt always get along. This rather young black bear that was wandering around in Perry Township, Clarion Country, Pennsylvania, was stuck with a bucket over its head for well over a month.
Officials from the Pennsylvania Game Commission were aware that there was a bear out there that needed serious assistance but claimed that they couldnโt do anything themselves as long as the bear was healthy and mobile. However, with a bucket on its head and its eyesight completely obstructed, it was clear that the bear wouldnโt be healthy for much longer.
When Dean Hornberger and Samantha Eigenbrod heard the news that there was a โbucket bearโ wandering around in the area, they decided to take the matter into own hands and try and find and rescue the bear from its precarious position.
Dean and Samantha put together a rescue group of volunteers to locate the black bear, as reported by The Patriot-News. Dean heard about the bear when he saw a photograph of the animal being shared on his Facebook timeline.
โI canโt believe this โdudeโ has been running around with it for so long.โ, one woman says in the video.
โI saw [it] last night on Facebook and I said โyou know, we gotta wake up tomorrow morning and try and find himโ. We walked for like an hour through the woods before we picked up him, but we did find him.โ
At first, the rescuers try to loosen the bucket in an open pasture, but the bear is understandably very scared as he has no idea whatโs going on. Despite their best efforts to relieve the bear from his burden on the spot, the bucket-shaped object was still very much attached to the bearโs head.
The bear escaped and ran away into a couple of bushes, and is also seen running across a quite busy street a couple of seconds afterward. With no hesitation at all, the rescuers chase the bear and try to stop the cars in order to prevent the bear from getting hit.
Luckily, the volunteers manage to โtrapโ the bear a little bit later and put him on the ground with pure manpower. Although this might seem like an excessive rescue method, it was the only one that would work without using tranquilizers.
Sooner rather than later, the bucket that was stuck on the bearโs head is sawn loose after which the bear gladly escapes in a somewhat wild manner.
Thanks to the courageous efforts of these volunteers, the bear was finally free of his bucket burden after one long month.
An amazing group of animal lovers!
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