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Originally Posted by AC

My fiance and I go to the zoo all the time, and we've literally only seen the blonde black bear once.

It's a Kermode / spirit bear, a black bear subspecies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermode_bear

The Spirit Bears live on the coast and it's supposed to be an adaptation for salmon fishing. This bear is from Elkford just across the Alberta border so it isn't technically a spirit bear but just the result of a recessive gene.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...-zoo-1.1300984