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Osa wandered 28 days in the forest with a plastic boat on her head

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With a plastic container stuck to its head, a 113 kilogram bear, roamed for 28 days in the Picayune Strand State Forest, Florida, USA, until park rangers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). They managed to find it and free it from the container, after several days of tracking in the area.

In a video released by the FWC, the dare to wander with the plastic in the middle of the forest and the successful rescue of the staff who managed to remove the stuck pet food container, causing an injury to the neck of the specimen, its watery eyes and its wet coat.

In a statement, the commission explained that it received a report of the bear wandering with a container stuck to its head, so biologists and experts came to the rescue, “but after only two sightings, the bear was not seen again for more than three weeks ”.

Finally, the bear was seen on a resident’s security camera, and it was still wearing the container on its head !, so the staff set new traps and began night patrols of the neighborhood, and finally found the bear shortly before midnight.

In this way, the biologist managed to remove the plastic container that was around his face.

“We believe it was part of a automatic pet feeder due to the hole near the bear’s snout. Fortunately, that hole provided enough access to drink and eat. ”

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) celebrated that even after 28 days with the plastic stuck, “the bear was still in excellent physical shape!”

Stated that staff treated the wound around his neck and face where the feeder was jammed with antibiotics, and after a day and a half of monitoring to make sure she was healthy and able to eat and drink normally, staff released her in a safe area of ​​the Picayune Strand State Forest.

JLMR


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