Meet Eve, a black bear suffering from a case of mange so severe she was left bald with dead skin.

Her cracked and dry skin was in such a terrible state she had visible black marks and small scabs all over her body.

She was found foraging for food in northern California by good Samaritans who called the California Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Eve had a severe case of mange before she was rescued by the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in San Diego (Picture: Humane Society of the United States/mediadrumworld.com)

If it wasn’t for their intervention, she would have almost certainly died from the cold.


They brought Eve to the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in San Diego County and staff quickly prepared a recovery room, making sure they had all of the supplies ready to care for a young bear.



But Eve’s heartwarming tale is one of survival, because just six month later after she was found on Christmas Eve she made remarkable progress.

She was even filmed playing in her enclosure as she recovered.

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Wildlife centre director Matthew Anderson said: ‘Eve is a very resilient bear.

‘When she first arrived at our Wildlife Centre Eve was almost entirely hairless with one of the worst cases of mange our team had ever seen and required months of intensive treatment.

‘It took a lot of blood work, biopsies, skin treatments and medication but we are finally making progress and she continues to get better and better. She has even increased her weight by 73 pounds since she arrived.

She was found foraging for food in northern California by good Samaritans who called the California Department of Fish & Wildlie (Picture: Humane Society of the United States/mediadrumworld.com)

‘Test results confirm what our expert medical team had hoped, she is finally clear of mange and that she is growing hair back more and more with every passing day.

‘This is a long process though and she does still have a lingering inflammatory dermatological skin infection.

‘She doesn’t quite look like a completely healthy bear yet but we are pleased that she is certainly behaving more like one. We believe she will respond well to this latest round of medication and be able to grow all of her hair back.

‘In the meantime we are giving her the best quality of life possible. She is very active and enjoys playing in her pool, climbing trees and eating an abundance of food.

‘Only time will tell us what tomorrow brings, but for now it is still our fervent wish that she is able to return to the wild one day.’

Eve has made a miraculous recovery in just six months (Picture: Humane Society of the United States/mediadrumworld.com)

The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center is an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States.

The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species.

They are omnivores, with their diets varying greatly depending on season and location.

They typically live in largely forested areas, but do leave forests in search of food. Sometimes they become attracted to human communities because of the immediate availability of food.

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