The Fund for Animal Wildlife Center (FFAWC) in Ramona, California, received a call a few days before Christmas from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for urgent reasons.

The reason for this call was that apparently some neighbors in the area had seen a strange creature that looked like a completely unknown animal sniffing through the dumpsters.

They called and said, ‘It’s completely naked’.”

The authorities responded very quickly to this call, it was very important to find the whereabouts of this creature, the neighbors described it as a completely pale and hairless creature, the animal was naked.

When they caught the animal they were able to discover what it was, this peculiar creature was nothing more nor less than a small black bear, the animal was not more than 1 year old, but suffered from an acute case of mange, which made it lose all its hair.

Two volunteers offered to take him to the FFAWC, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), they deal with this kind of cases, the animal was taken to them on Christmas Eve, so he was named Eve.

When she was taken to the specialists, Eve surprised everyone, because she was really completely naked, without any hair. The poor thing received medical attention immediately and there it was detected that fortunately she did not have any other problem besides the strong problem with mange, which was not to be neglected, she was in good health and had an ideal weight.

Eve was quickly given medication to treat her skin disease caused by parasites, in addition to feeding her. For this little bear, the adjustment at the medical center was not difficult.

Eve settled in without complaint and felt at home within a few weeks of being brought there; due to her skin disease, it will take her about a year before she is released to live the life of a normal bear, but this did not bother her, as she soon made herself at home.

Eve is now very comfortable in the medical enclosure, where she is given lots of delicious food in addition to the mange treatment she receives regularly, which helps her mange go away for good. She was very lucky to have been found and it was all because of her peculiar naked appearance.

This poor hairless bear would not have made it if it weren’t for the intervention of state authorities,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS.

In that organization they feel honored to have Eve with them and to be able to help her in any way possible, finally they added that little by little her mange is healing and she is already feeling much better, when she recovers completely it will not be a problem for her hair to grow back.

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