A conservation success story is both a blessing for nature and a concern for residents near Jirisan National Park, as researchers endeavor to establish a habitat for endangered Asiatic black bears.

Bridgeton’s Cohanzick Zoo has lost one of its mainstay attractions, an Asiatic black bear that arrived here in 1995 as a 6-month-old cub. Zoo staff said April 15 that “Holly” had been euthanized. She ...