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Smokey Bear turns 80 years old today, Friday, Aug. 9. In honor of his eight decades of telling Americans about the importance of fire safety , read on for eight fun facts about one of America's most beloved mascots.
His message of fire prevention in the great outdoors is just as important as it was 80 years ago, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
KITTEN RESEMBLING BABY YODA RESCUED FROM CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES Here's what to know. 1. He replaced Bambi Smokey Bear had some big shoes (make that hooves) to fill when he was introduced by the U.
S. Forest Service in 1944. Prior to Smokey's introduction, an animated deer was the star of the Forest Service's fire prevention campaign: Bambi.
Smokey Bear replaced Bambi as the symbol of wildfire prevention in the United States. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Walt Disney "lent us Bambi," Robert Westover, spokesperson for the U.S.
Forest Service, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Bambi was the [fire prevention] image for the first year, but Walt basically said, 'Yeah, you guys need to kind of come up with your own image,'" Westover said. HEALTHY PET: KEEPING BELOVED ANIMALS SAFE AS HEAVY WILDFIRE SMOKE DRIFTS ACROSS PARTS OF US Smokey Bear was devised shortly after and officially authorized by the U.
S. Forest Service on Aug. 9, 1944.
2. There's no ‘the’ in his name Smokey Bear's name is just that: Smokey Bear, Westover noted. He is not "Smokey the.