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 — ...

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 ...

A Ramona Wildlife Center pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record this weekend by becoming ...

Beyond their bear costumes, staff have also created two habitats for the cub - one inside and one enclosed outside - that ...

Welch and her team at the San Diego Humane Society use costumed caregivers to rehabilitate an orphaned black bear cub in ...