Spotlight Trash-eating bear cub spent days with its head stuck in a jug, NC rescuers say Mark Price The Charlotte Observer Oct 10, 2026 7 hrs ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A dangerous rescue had to be staged in western North Carolina after a bear cub got its head hopelessly stuck in a plastic jug.kAmxE 92AA6?65 :? E96 w2H rC66< 2C62 @7 pD96G:==6[ 2?5 DE2E6 H:=5=:76 @77:4:2=D =62C?65 @7 E96 AC65:42>6?E %F6D52J[ H96? 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