The living symbol of Smokey Bear was an American black bear three-month-old cub who in the spring of 1950 was caught in the Capitan Gap fire, a wildfire that burned 17,000 acres in the Lincoln National Forest, in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. He died November 9, 1976, of old age at the National Zoo.
Smokey the Bear is only an advertising mascot. Since he was never real, he never died. In fact, I've even seen some Smokey the Bear ads in the past couple years.
We now know him as Smokey Bear...he was originally called Hot Foot Teddy and later he was called Smokey Bear.
A young boy Wendell Petree gave the found bear to a ranger
The cast of Bear Juice - 2004 includes: Dozer Beau Collt Behrnw Captain Bear Diesel Cub Smokey McLain
Otis 'Big Smokey' Smothers was born on 1929-03-21.
Smokey Yunick died on May 9, 2001, in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA of leukemia.
Smokey was an American black bear.
Smokey bear is 66yrs old. Trix rabbit is 53yrs old and Ronald McDonald is 47yrs old.
Smokey Bear has NO middle name.
Smokey the Bear Sutra was created in 1969.
The first mention of Smokey Bear was a war dept poster in 1944 to promote prevention of forest fires, and save the forest wood for the war effort
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No, Smokey Bear was a Black bear cub, orphaned by a terrible fire in the Lincoln National Park in New Mexico.
smokey bears a cartoon not a bear that will randomly show at a funeral
Smokey Bear HISTORICAL Park is located in Capitan, New Mexico.
It is 'Smokey Bear'. There is no "the" in his name. That was added by songwriters to make their song sound better. Check the National Forest Service's history of Smokey Bear and you'll see that his correct name has no "the" in it.The bear has his own US Postal ZIP Code!Please see the link below:
Created in 1944, Smokey the Bear is the official mascot of the United States Forest Service. Smokey the Bear's role is to educate the general populace of the dangers of forest fire and their prevention.