Is Smokey the Bear still alive?

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Smokey the Bear was originally a poster-character created for the Forest Service and Wartime Advertising Council in 1944. A black bear cub was found orphaned and injured after a fire in the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico in 1950, and was sent to live at the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, where he became the living symbol of Smokey and forest fire prevention. Another orphaned bear was found in 1961 in the Magdelena Mountains of New Mexico. She was named Goldie and was sent to the zoo to become Smokey's companion, but the two never produced offspring. In May 1975, the original Smokey the Bear was retired from public duties, and he passed away in November, 1976. Smokey had been replaced in 1975 by another orphaned black bear cub, Smokey II who died in the summer of 1990. At that time, the Forest Service decided not to replace Smokey at the National Zoo. http://fs.jorge.com/archives/History_National/Smokey_Bear_History.htm http://natzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2002/6/smokey.cfm Mar 11 03, 9:47 AM

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