Conservationists are crying foul over recycling habits as a frightened bear with a plastic jar stuck on his head slowly starves.
Joanne St. Godard, of non-profit group the Recycling Council of Ontario, says the bear is in this predicament because someone didn't properly recycle the jar in the first place.
Wildlife officials in northwestern Ontario have spent the last two days searching for the bear, who has not been able to eat or drink because of the jar.
Ministry of Natural Resources official Ross Johnston says the bear is weak and has lost weight -- and may be only surviving off the condensation from his breath inside the jar.
Officials and the OPP have tried to catch and tranquilize the bear, but he runs when people approach.
