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 ...

Since they have never cared for such a young bear, they had to order supplies, including the bear masks. Welch estimates it will cost $72,000 to take care of the cub for a year.

An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks.

An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks.

Autumn 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 ...

Autumn 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 (5.4 kg) black bear cub who she hopes will consider her ...

An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks. The baby bear was about two months old when he was found April 12 in the Los Padres National ...