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Bear freed after plastic jar prank in Newport Tennessee
Wildlife officers tracked a 115 pound male black bear near Newport in the Great Smoky Mountains foothills for three weeks. Shelly Hammonds sedated the animal after it ran in front of her vehicle and later removed a jar from its head in downtown Newport before releasing it into the Cherokee National Forest.
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Newport
Cherokee National Forest
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Cocke County
Tenn
Shelley Hammonds