Wild bear wanders into Northern California zoo, ‘interacts’ with the resident bears

A wild bear wandered into Eureka’s Sequoia Park Zoo and “interacted” with the three zoo bears across the fence before it was persuaded to leave through a service gate, zoo officials said.

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The unusual visit happened Friday morning. Employees were conducting the daily inspection of the zoo’s Redwood Sky Walk when one of them noticed the black bear on the boardwalk.

“Our three bears are very distinctive in appearance, and I recognized right away that it was not one of ours,” Christine Noel was quoted as saying in the zoo’s press release.

The wild bear “did not appear aggressive” and didn’t enter any animal habitats, officials said. It did appear interested in the zoo bears, Tule, Ishŭng and Nabu, and also made a “brief exploration of the enrichment items around the night