Bear Cub With Bucket Stuck on Its Head Rescued by Ontario Residents

A bear cub found with a bucket stuck on its head whilst clambering up a tree near Kirkland Lake, Ontario, was freed from its predicament by two locals on July 19. Trevor Buchmann and Greg Elder spotted the bear cub, and a Facebook post by the former shares footage of the rescue. The footage details how Elder tried to guide the bear back down the tree, located beside Kenogami Lake, using a stick. The cub eventually moved closer to the water below before jumping in, soon after which Buchmann and Elder managed to catch it in a blanket and remove the bucket as they placed the bear in a cage. Buchmann wrote in his Facebook post that the cub had been stuck with the bucket on its head for “at least” five days at that point. He added that the cub had been had ben sent to Bear With Us, a local sanctuary and rehabilitation center for bears. Mike McIntosh, founder and president of the center, told CTV that the bear, named Kenny in honor of the lake he was rescued in, likely found the container at the local dump. “Whether the cub was looking for food or not, if something was in that jug that smelled sweet or smelled good, it’s going to lick it,” he said. Credit: Trevor Buchmann via Storyful