Our friends over at PAWS: Cat City have a wildlife center where they treat orphaned American black bears, little babes who are too young to survive on their own.

Jen Mannas, a wildlife naturalist who works for PAWS, says that the center uses donated Christmas trees for "enrichment, perches, food, and to make our enclosures feel more natural for our patients." You want to donate your used Christmas tree to the bears? They can only accept 10-12 trees per season, and they need to be very clean. If you're interested in donating, your best bet is to call ahead to make sure they don't have too many. (425-787-2500 ext. 817)

The center is currently treating eight black bear cubs, whom they hope to return to the wild in the spring. The babes use tree branches as bedding and tree trunks for rubbing and clawing, which is what you see happening so adorably here:

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Workers also hide food in the branches to stimulate their natural instinct to search for food. Look at this baby black bear attempt a climb up a Christmas tree to snag an apple:

Wanna make sure these bears stay warm? Consider donating to PAWS.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to scream out all this cuteness oh my god I can't believe I didn't turn into a puddle while writing this post.