Employees at the San Diego Humane Society dressed up in bear costumes to care for a two-month-old black bear cub. The goal is ...

When staff interact with the cub, they are usually garbed head-to-toe in a bear costume. They wear a bear mask and an oversize fur coat, as well as leather gloves. They also rub black-bear-scented ...

The hope is to eventually return the cub to the wild. The bear costume is meant to stop the rescued cub from bonding with humans. The fur coats are stored in bins with hay scented by black bears.

Think again. Employees at the San Diego Humane Society are wearing bear costumes to tend to a cub that came into the organization's care last month. The reason they're dressing the part?

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 ...

The bear costume is meant to stop the rescued cub from ... 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 one turns ...

The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest — weak, underweight and alone. Since then, the baby bear ...

The bear costume is meant to stop the rescued cub from ... 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 one turns ...

(San Diego Humane Society via AP) In this photo provided by San Diego Humane Society, an employee wears a costume while interacting with a bear cub ... to enter rehab care in California in ...