Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. The outfit sounds like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers ...

But do the costumes actually convince the cub he’s being taken care of by other bears? According to Welch, they do. She said that caregivers recently performed a test by entering his enclosure ...

(CNN) — Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. This outfit might sound like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the uniform of caretakers at the San Diego Humane Society who are raising an ...

Workers wear bear costume to interact with an orphaned bear cub to keep it from becoming accustomed to humans.

A keeper wearing a bear suit to care for a baby bear at San Diego Humane Society Credit: San Diego Humane Society An orphaned bear cub in San Diego is being cared for by costumed keepers and a ...

The bear costume is meant to stop the rescued cub from ... Credit: AP The cub is the fourth to enter rehab care in California in the past five years. He could be paired with a buddy if another ...

To keep the cub from forming bonds with people that could jeopardize his return to the wild, staff members charged with his care are dressing up in bear costumes, including a mask, fur coat and ...