When we see stories about the rescue and rehabilitation of abandoned, abused, or frightened animals, we often expect that the stories will be about dogs or cats. Occasionally, a mistreated horse or monkey will be found and saved, but this rescued bear cub is the last animal anyone would expect to find needing a human’s help in the condition it was in.
Dubbed “Eve” by her rescuers at the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife back on Christmas Eve in 2017, the diminutive “black bear” was hardly recognizable when she was found scavenging for food in a dumpster.