Both the Smokey Bear character and the real life Smokey hail from Washington, D.C. In 1950, an orphaned bear cub was rescued from a wildfire in New Mexico and brought to Washington to live at the ...

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.

and they had a bear cub that climbed a tree to escape the fire. And though he was badly burned, he was safe, and due to his bravery, the local wildland firefighters named him Smokey.” ...

All donations will directly support the SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) Sloth Bear conservation program. Voting closes at midnight on March 25. “We are thrilled to welcome this new cub and ...