Polar bear stuck in plastic crate at Netherlands zoo

A heartbreaking video has emerged of a polar bear that became stuck in a plastic crate at a zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands.

The footage shows the creature swimming with a red plastic box around its waist while zoo workers reportedly looked on.

"The bear was stuck but the zoo workers visibly were used to it as they did not react," the filmer wrote online.

Although the shocking footage was shot in December last year, it has only recently emerged online.

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