Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. The outfit sounds like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society, who are raising an orphaned black bear cub.

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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 — ...

Biologists hope they can return him to the wilderness next year, provided he can learn to find food, seek shelter and avoid ...

The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found in Los Padres National Forest -- weak, underweight and alone.

When staff interact with the cub, they are usually garbed head-to-toe in a bear costume. They wear a bear mask and an ...

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