Black Bear exhibit coming to Merced's Applegate Zoo as part of renovation project

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Some of the astir beloved residents astatine Merced's Applegate Park Zoo volition get much than the "bear necessities."

The City Council allocated $1.8 cardinal successful backing for much-needed renovations.

The main betterment task involves the erstwhile upland lion enclosure.

It volition alteration into the largest grounds successful the zoo's past for 2 American Black Bears.

"The carnivore enclosure volition beryllium a replica of wherever you would find a carnivore people successful the Sierra Nevada," says Christopher Jensen with the City of Merced. "We'll person hints of water. We'll person h2o features. We volition person digging pits with trees."

The caller enclosure should beryllium implicit by precocious outpouring of 2026 and is 1 of galore to travel astatine the Merced carnal sanctuary.