RAMONA, Calif. — An orphaned black bear cub is receiving specialized care at the San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife facility in Ramona, California. The three-month-old cub, discovered in Los ...

Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters an enclosure to feed and fawn over a 12-pound black bear cub who she hopes will consider her family.

The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest — ...

When he arrived, the cub was “extremely fragile,” said Autumn Welch, wildlife operations manager at the center. “After going several days without nutrition, it was touch-and-go at first.” ...

San Diego Humane Society “He was extremely fragile when he arrived,” said Autumn Welch, Wildlife Operations Manager at Ramona Wildlife Center, which took in the lonely cub at the San Diego ...

“He was extremely fragile when he arrived,” said Autumn Welch, Wildlife Operations Manager at Ramona Wildlife Center, which took in the lonely cub at the San Diego Humane Society-operated sanctuar ...

“He was extremely fragile when he arrived,” said Autumn Welch, wildlife operations manager at the Ramona Wildlife Center. “After going several days without nutrition, it was touch and go at firs ...

Staff members typically don’t name the wild animals at the center but have taken to calling him “Baby Bear,” said Autumn Welch, the center’s wildlife operations manager. Initially ...

Photo from San Diego Humane Society “He was extremely fragile when he arrived,” Autumn Welch, the nonprofit’s wildlife operations manager, said in the release. “But now, he’s active ...