Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo that were transported to Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert last week to evacuate from the Line fire could be returning back home on Thursday.

The 50 or so birds and small mammals were displaced from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo, which houses rehabilitated animals that are unable to be released into the wild. As the zoo came under threat from ...

(Photo by Eric Reed, Contributing Photographer) Alex Palmera, an animal keeper II at the Big Bear Alpine Zoo, talks to visitors about “Bowie,” a raccoon with leucism pigmentation at the Big ...

A wildlife rehabilitation zoo evacuated its animals from its property in Big Bear Lake and transported them to a facility in Palm Desert due to heat and fire danger presented by the Line Fire.

Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo left the Living Desert and returned home after evacuation warnings were lifted for the Line Fire. Dozens of zoo animals were evacuated last week due to the ...

Perched in the front seat of a truck, Cowboy — along with nearly 50 other animals — was being evacuated Sept. 12 from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo in the face of the advancing Line Fire ...

The mobilization was underway within 48 hours after the Animal Care Curator at the Living Desert Heather Down received a call from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo asking for help in evacuating and ...

From the Big Bear zoo in the San Bernardino Mountains to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, officials craft intricate plans to evacuate their animals. Though a mystery to guests ...