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Who knows if BB-12 just couldn’t take the heat and wanted to head back to the beach? Sadly, as he was seemingly heading back into the Santa Monica Mountains, our favorite black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on the 101 Freeway at the top of the Conejo Grade between Newbury Park and Camarillo Thursday evening.   BB-12 was a young, male black bear National Park Service scientists had been tracking for the last three months. We know he had successfully crossed freeways at least five times in the past. On the sixth time, he didn’t make it. Initially captured and collared on April 23, BB-12 made at least a couple of midnight forays to the beaches of Malibu. A few weeks after he was collared, he successfully crossed the 101 Freeway, Highway 23, and the 118 Freeway and returned to the Santa Susana Mountains which was likely where he originated from. On July 17, between 10 p.m. and midnight of July 18, BB-12 crossed the 118 Freeway heading south toward the Santa Monica Mountains. Officials captured video surveillance of the bear in Moorpark.  Two days later, in broad daylight between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., he crossed busy Highway 23 north of the Tierra Rejada exit. His last location was on July 20 at midnight in the Wildwood neighborhood of Thousand Oaks.     To learn more, click on the link in bio to read our press release. #santamonicamountains #blackbear #bear #oso #osonegro #newburypark #camarillo