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ABR Daily Update-March 18, 2024-Climbing to the Summitt 🐻🐻

Weather: 51F (11C) Humidity 39%, 🌤️Partly Cloudy

Our two female yearlings, Twinkle and Tinsel, have had an off-again, on-again, friendship since the day they met…mostly off. It’s still strange to see them cavorting as if they’ve always been best friends. The girls decided that nestling together on Summitt’s Branch is the best way to pass the time, and they did that most of yesterday afternoon and again from early this morning.

We’re honored that the Blount County Public Library invited us to address the esteemed members of Steam Kids. Director, Dana Dodd, Curator Katrina and members of the ABR Volunteer Toy Brigade entertained and educated the audience with a video of Taco Bear’s stay with us, from arrival to release, complete with his little bear vocalizations. Curator Katrina read “Mabel Meets a Black Bear”, the tale of twin sisters who sneak out of their vacation cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to find themselves face to face with a black bear lured by the tempting aroma of french fries Mabel left on the picnic table. With help from their parents and a biologist, the two learn a lesson they will never forget. No, Mabel was not eaten by the bear! ( Little humans are drawn to worst case scenarios.) The book is available at our Trillium Cove Store, Our Online Store (USA orders only) and at Smoky Mountains Park Visitor Stores.
appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/mabel-meets-a-black-bear

❤️Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/

🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information.
appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.
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ABR Daily Update-March 18, 2024-Climbing to the Summitt 🐻🐻

Weather: 51F (11C) Humidity 39%, 🌤️Partly Cloudy

Our two female yearlings, Twinkle and Tinsel, have had an off-again, on-again, friendship since the day they met…mostly off. It’s still strange to see them cavorting as if they’ve always been best friends. The girls decided that nestling together on Summitt’s Branch is the best way to pass the time, and they did that most of yesterday afternoon and again from early this morning.

We’re honored that the Blount County Public Library invited us to address the esteemed members of Steam Kids. Director, Dana Dodd, Curator Katrina and members of the ABR Volunteer Toy Brigade entertained and educated the audience with a video of Taco Bear’s stay with us, from arrival to release, complete with his little bear vocalizations. Curator Katrina read “Mabel Meets a Black Bear”, the tale of twin sisters who sneak out of their vacation cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to find themselves face to face with a black bear lured by the tempting aroma of french fries Mabel left on the picnic table. With help from their parents and a biologist, the two learn a lesson they will never forget. No, Mabel was not eaten by the bear! ( Little humans are drawn to worst case scenarios.) The book is available at our Trillium Cove Store, Our Online Store (USA orders only) and at Smoky Mountains Park Visitor Stores.
https://appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/mabel-meets-a-black-bear

❤️Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/ 

 🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information. 
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

 🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.Image attachmentImage attachment+8Image attachment

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Wonderful update. Thank you ❤🐻❤

Love that you do out reach to the children.

Glad to see the girls are still getting along. What a treat for the kids at the library 🙏🏻🐻♥️🐻♥️

Love educational visits to schools. So important!

Great update!!! I wonder what T&T talk about? It’s amazing the way they drape themselves in the tree! I learn so much here! Thanks ❤️🐻

Alls well X 2. 🐻🐻xxx♥️uk 🇬🇧

Glad children are learning about bears, living in and around mountains it's a good thing for everyone to learn and know about them.❤

How is Carolina?

Might Tinsel and Twinkle be the same age as human girls in middle school? Girls that age can be just awful! Friends today, enemies tomorrow. No group of girls can be friends with each other all at the same time, ever. I lived through those times with my daughters and now see it happening all over again with my granddaughters. Right now one of them is being shunned by the same girls she was best friends with last week and the roles will switch again next week. I can't wait for all this to finally be over.

<3

So excited! Just got my ABR membership! Just wanted to share!

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ABR Daily Update-March 17, 2024-Tire Water 💧🛞

Weather: 65F (18C) Humidity 59%, Mostly Cloudy 🌥️

Tinkle and Tinsel have discovered the Tire Bridge and the delicious water it contains. We’ve never seen the girls spend any time crossing the bridge or drinking from it, so we’d assumed they’d ignore it for the rest of their stay. We were wrong. We also assumed that Twinkle had so many new things to occupy her mind ( the Resting Platform, The Swingy Ball, the Tire Bridge) that she’d forgotten about The Forbidden Tree. We were wrong about that too. We are reminded that little bears have minds of their own and do what they do, when they do, when they feel like it. (If you’re new to our page, we should explain that resident bears LOVE the rainwater that collects in the tires. There may be bugs living in the water or it may be that the tires exude a smell that attracts them.)

Spring facility maintenance continues: Curator Tom is replacing section of the timber supports for one of the Acclimation Pens, and Curators Haley and Katrina took themselves out into the community to clean Townsend’s bear-resistant trash containers. We’ve worked since 2015 with various partners to replace old trash containers with new bear resistant models. You may recall your votes in 2018 helped us win a $25,000 grant to purchase containers for the benefit of the public and the bears with whom we share our world. We’re grateful for your support of every level of our mission and in every form it takes.❤️

Happy St. Patrick’s day to all! 🍀

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/

🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information.
appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.
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ABR Daily Update-March 17, 2024-Tire Water 💧🛞

Weather: 65F (18C) Humidity 59%, Mostly Cloudy 🌥️

Tinkle and Tinsel have discovered the Tire Bridge and the delicious water it contains. We’ve never seen the girls spend any time crossing the bridge or drinking from it, so we’d assumed they’d ignore it for the rest of their stay. We were wrong. We also assumed that Twinkle had so many new things to occupy her mind ( the Resting Platform, The Swingy Ball, the Tire Bridge) that she’d forgotten about The Forbidden Tree. We were wrong about that too. We are reminded that little bears have minds of their own and do what they do, when they do, when they feel like it. (If you’re new to our page, we should explain that resident bears LOVE the rainwater that collects in the tires. There may be bugs living in the water or it may be that the tires exude a smell that attracts them.)

Spring facility maintenance continues: Curator Tom is replacing section of the timber supports for one of the Acclimation Pens, and Curators Haley and Katrina took themselves out into the community to clean Townsend’s bear-resistant trash containers. We’ve worked since 2015 with various partners to replace old trash containers with new bear resistant models. You may recall your votes in 2018 helped us win a $25,000 grant to purchase containers for the benefit of the public and the bears with whom we share our world. We’re grateful for your support of every level of our mission and in every form it takes.❤️

Happy St. Patrick’s day to all!  🍀

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/ 

 🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information. 
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

 🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

24 CommentsComment on Facebook

So much to report on today! The girls are still finding new things to explore and try, plus old things such as the Forbidden Tree to go back to. Thank you Curator Tom for your continued hard work. Thank you Curators Haley and Katrina for your efforts regarding maintaining the bear proof containers. Also thank you for sharing the picture of sweet Ramsey Bear. I hope both he and his foster family are doing very well. 🙏🏻🐻♥️🐻♥️

I love how little bears disregard all rules and regulations and STILL we think they are the cutest things ever, keep misbehaving little ones, it makes us love you more! 😊😊❤️❤️

Glad the resident ladies are doing well and enjoying themselves 🐻🐻💝💝 Thank you Curators and volunteers for all you do for our bears 💕

Thank you for sharing. I know it’s going to be soon the girls will be leaving paradise. This will make so sad! I love 💕 watching them 🥲

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone! The girls are celebrating their way 🐻❤🐻❤

Happy st. Patrick's day and thanks for all you do!

Appalachian Bear Rescue Thank you for this delightful update and for everything you do to help rescued orphan bears like Tinkle and Tinsel!

These 2 girls sure have minds of their own, never know what they're going to like all of a sudden 😊🐻🐻 I know here in Florida if there's standing water around there will be mosquito large in it, if there is in your tire water would it not give them worms? It won't be much longer and they will go back to the wild☹🐻🐻 Thank you for our Sundsy update and pictures 😊🍀

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! 🍀 🐻

☘️ I hope all the staff and workers at ABR are having a beautiful St. Patrick’s Day!!!

I am going to miss these two silly girls. ❤🐻❤

Tire water..gross.

♥️ 🍀

Mmm...tire water! Reminds me of the heady bouquet from garden hose water that I used to enjoy as a kid! (heaven knows WHAT chemicals were in that stuff! LOL) Happy St. Patricks Day, all! Erin Go Bragh!🐻❤️🐻🍀🛞💦

Happy St Patrick's Day ☘️💚 🍀

We went to Red Rock Canyon Thanksgiving weekend was happy to see bear proof containers in the Park

Well tire water is a nuanced drink for the discerning cubby they got there in their own time.

Ya’ll should be learning something about young bears by now! 😂 🐻 😂

One wonders if their being on their own at such an early age and getting here at a somewhat late age has anything to do with a bit of a lack of curiosity, as in tire water.

Thanks again to Curators Tom, Haley and Katrina for all the work they are doing. I'm so pleased that those two girls seem to have finally accepted each other and spend a lot of time together. Soon enough they will have to go their separate ways.

I notice the girls are not celebrating St. Paddy’s Day so I assume they are not Irish. ☘️ I am really going to miss these two when they go back to the wild. Twinkle stole my heart from the moment I saw her. Both are sweet, stubborn, curious bears. I like to photograph bears in the wild (following the rules and using telephoto lenses). I hope I am making pictures of some of your former bears. 🐻🐻🐻 Thank you for all you do!!

Girls seem to be staying busy when awake. They are funny that they have not done much with the tire bridge. They will need to forage when released. I hope they do well. I have a feelingThey will be fine. So glad for them. So many things to improve on. Always working hard all of you. Love ABR & all bears that enter. Or leave a mark. 💚💚💚❤️🍀🍀🍀🍀

<3

I just want want to say super thank you to the curators for all of their hard work! Sometimes I think they are so under looked! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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ABR Daily Update-March 16, 2024-Preparing

Weather: 62F (17C) Humidity 79%, Mostly Cloudy 🌥️

One can rest assured that whatever needs doing at the ABR facility, it will always be uphill. Always. Curator Tom continued tilling the soil, turning over compacted soil to better receive the various seeds Curator Katrina scattered later. Soon, the cubby-ravaged land, devastated by many set of paws, will burst into greenery, ready for another season of ursine vandalism.

Our yearlings,Twinkle and Tinsel, were up foraging together this morning, then separated to pursue their own interests, Tinsel in Wild Enclosure #3 and Twinkle in Wild Enclosure #4. We expect the girls will be with us for a few more weeks, returning to the wild in April, at about the same time they would have left their dens had they remained with their respective mothers. While they wait, they’re eating well, sleeping well, and playing together. Good bears! 🐻🐻

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/

🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information.
appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.
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ABR Daily Update-March 16, 2024-Preparing

Weather: 62F (17C) Humidity 79%, Mostly Cloudy 🌥️

One can rest assured that whatever needs doing at the ABR facility, it will always be uphill. Always. Curator Tom continued tilling the soil, turning over compacted soil to better receive the various seeds Curator Katrina scattered later. Soon, the cubby-ravaged land, devastated by many set of paws, will burst into greenery, ready for another season of ursine vandalism. 

Our yearlings,Twinkle and Tinsel, were up foraging together this morning, then separated to pursue their own interests, Tinsel in Wild Enclosure #3 and Twinkle in Wild Enclosure #4. We expect the girls will be with us for a few more weeks, returning to the wild in April, at about the same time they would have left their dens had they remained with their respective mothers. While they wait, they’re eating well, sleeping well, and playing together. Good bears! 🐻🐻

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/ 

 🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information. 
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

🛑  bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.Image attachmentImage attachment+8Image attachment

25 CommentsComment on Facebook

Thank you for the update on the girls 🐻🐻💝💝! Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work preparing for the upcoming year! Y’all are amazing and appreciated more than you know 💕💕

Thank you Curator Tom and Katrina for taking care of our bears. ❤🐻❤

Thank you Curators Tom and Katrina for all of your hard work to get ready for the next round of little destroyers who will eventually be coming through. Good to see Tinsel and Twinkle continuing to do just what they need to, fattening up! 🙏🏻🐻♥️🐻♥️

What kind of seeds are you planting?

Will be beautiful..

Thank you 🙏

Thank you Curator Tom & Katrina for all you're hard work. ❤️ Glad to know all is well with the ladies. 🐻🐻

A huge thanks to Curators Tom and Katrina, that's a lot of hard yards they have put in to restore and reinvigorate the enclosures! Future residents should appreciate their efforts but probably won't. 😉

Y’all do such an amazing job! Thank you for all you do!

I can’t stand the thought of Tinsel leaving and I’m not able to get my daily update. I know this is what’s best but it’s still not easy.

<3

ABR deserves 5 stars, persnickety squirrel! 😜

I will miss these two. Will you be tracking them after release in case any new neonates need a future momma?

Great job Curators Katrina and Tom, hopefully you can just sit back and relax on Sunday😊🙏🏻🙏🏻 Glad the girls are doing well and will be there a few more weeks🐻❤🐻❤Thank you for the daily update and pictures 😊👍

I will be sad to see T&T go, yet I know they must! Huge thanks to Curators Katrina and Tom. I think you should submit that beautiful squirrel to the cover of Squirrels Illustrated!

That’s going to be really nice in a month or two. They keep y’all busy there. Always something to do; that’s a good thing too. 🐻🐻❤️

Ohh. I will miss these 2 persnickety bears 🐻 🐻

Nia Bia Bearpaw

All Good ♥️🐻🐻

Yay!

I am still missing Doodlebug and Tater and the gang. That gang of rascals did a number on their enclosures for sure.

Love those bears! ❤ 🐻 ❤ 🐻 ❤

Thank you curators Tom & Katrina and all that put in time to help the bears. It is a very well run facility with people that care about the bears. So nice to see them being nice to each other. Thank you for a great post. 💜💜❤️❤️💙💙🐻🐻🐻🐻

ursine vandalism 🤣🤣🤣

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4 days ago
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I think our next cold snap is what they call Redbud Winter. We have many different “winters” in East TN. Usually ends with Dogwood Winter.

I think Curator Tom and Bob need to be recognized for their hard work 🥰

Saw on our local news today where some of the bears are already coming out of their dens 🙏🏻♥️

I’m assuming Townsend got the same big storm we got since you are so close by. Scary lightening!

Hey 👋 from South Glens Falls NY

A huge thank you to all who help take care of the bears as well as the facilities!

Hello from upstate New York 💜 🐻

I want to snuggle in just like the bears today...rainy day blah!

Yes it is a red shouldered hawk.. they mate for life

Such experts on bears 🐻 I love your posts❤️xxxx 🇬🇧 uk

Thank you again Curator Tori. Wishing everyone a great weekend.

Hello from Kentucky. Home of Doodlebug. Miss her so much

Love the visiting critters❤️

Always will be plenty of room in my heart for you precious souls. Thank you ABR for all you do. ♥️

Do you worry about bird flu? It is a beautiful bird of prey. 💖

Hello Curator Tori and bear friends 🐻😊

Is this a slow time of year as far as bear rescues go?

Thanks, Curator Tori. Have a nice weekend, everyone.

The girls are getting close to being ready to be released back to the wild soon

Hello from Minnesota. Looks like some strenuous work done by Tom and Bob. Thanks so much to the two of you!!!

Thank you Tori, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend 🐻🐻❤

Beautiful Hawk❤️❤️

Thank you Curator Tori 🙏🏽❤️

Why move when you're warm & dry? I did the same this morning.

Any date for release date?

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Thanks for the Update. 🐻🐾🐾💞💛🩵💜

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Thank You Sooo much Curator Tom, Board Member Bob for all your hard work ,especially tilling enclosures 1&2.Thank you for planting the seeds for Clover,Ryegrass,some turnips, radishes. Sound like lots of yummies for future Cubbies/Yearlings. Great Work Everyone!!😀🐻🐻🐾🐾🌲🌲🌲👏👏👏👏

Thanks for all your hard work!!!

Thank you for sharing the footage of sweet Tartan. I pray that he is doing well back in the wild. Thank you to Curator Tom and Board Member Bob for their hard work. Glad to see that Twinkle and Tinsel are doing well 🙏🏻🐻♥️🐻♥️

Thank you Curator Tom and Board Member Bob for all your hard work, the future cubs will love it🐻🐻👍😊

Curator Tom and board member Bob are fantastic. Great work. Thank you for all your hard work ABR. The Bears and future Bears appreciate it.♥️🐻

Thank you all for all you do 🐻

That was an adorable video of Tartan bear!

Thank you Curator Tom and Bob. And thanks for the memories of Tartan ❤️.

Thank you Tom and Bob for your hard work! Glad to hear that the ladies are well today 🐻🐻💝💝

Enjoyed the boo-boo relaxing in his field of greens. Thank-You for all your hard work for these cubbies. 💚

What a wonderful way you work to provide for the needs of the little bears. Many thanks for all your research and for the hard work you give to provide for them!

Such a sweet, peaceful and beautiful video. Thank you for all your hard work. ❤️

Thank you for the hard work and for the sweetest video of a bear enjoying the greenery💜🐻

Tartan Bear surely did enjoy that peaceful garden of plenty.

Curator Tom is always there to help with all the hard work. Thank you Curator Tom and Board Member Bob for all you do!

What a sweet video of Tartan. And Tom and Bob--always at the ready. As is everyone at ABR. So glad I "found" you and am able to support your mission. <3

*cough cough* Need to put some cubbies to work, lazy little louts.

Love the video of Tartan. Thank you curators and volunteers.

Thank you for all you do for these amazing and beautiful animals!

Thanks to everyone involved in giving bears a second chance ❤🐻❤

Thanks to Curator Tom and Bob, you are always hard at work for the little bears that come your way. Loved the footage of Tartan smelling the turnips! 😍

Picture of contentment

Tartan bear did not have a care in the world thanks to ABR. What a gorgeous little bear he was.

Those machines will beat you up as you work them! It's very hard work and I thank you for looking out for our babies. Now,go in search of asprin and bengay and a beer or two.

Curator Tom is so awesome. And ABR Board members helping is so great too! It will be a lush acre this spring 🌱. Great work gents!

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5 days ago
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Thank you Curator Tori

Thank you so much Curator Tori

Thanks for your updates Thanks to all who helped and cared for the bears

Hi all!

Look at those two playing Love it, so sweet.

Hello from Sweden 😀

It's so nice to see them play together

I know they need to be released but going to miss these girls. 😭

One of our long time local meteorologists said for this area our last hard freeze can be up to mid April, so I assume that could affect the berry growth, etc.

Hey 👋 from So Glens Falls NY

I’m late, looking forward to rewatching the entire live!

Hi from Southwestern,NC love all the updates on Twinkle and Tinsel.

Thank you for all you do. How soon will these two be released?

Can you remind me why you have had these two so long?

Thanks for your care and these updates! Liz in Los Angeles, CA

Thanks for the update

I love these two girls. Doodblebug was still my favorite this year, but these two have my heart too.

Thank you for sharing this with us. And for the remainder of why they are still with you.

Beautiful Bears 🐻❤🐻

Oh my gosh, we're witnessing a dual murdalizing!

The greens are striking. Spring has sprung!!!

What a fortunate day when they each were rescued.

When do mothers start emerging from dens with their cubs in GSMNP?

Who rescuer adult bears that have been injured?

Such a sweet video !!’❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

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Great! Thought I'd missed it.

....happening across the country.....more agenda-screwing with the people....our's is back to normal in the MidWest as of a few hours ago,.....who knows for how long.....

ABR Daily Update-March 12, 2024-No Privacy 🙅‍♀️🐻

Weather: 65°F (18°C) Humidity 29%, Mostly Sunny 🌞

Bears at Appalachian Bear Rescue don’t get much privacy. It’s the price they must pay for around-the-clock care and monitoring at our rescue facility. Hopefully, the future quiet lives they will get to lead in the wild make up for it.

Many of you have noticed the patchy fur around Tinsel Bear’s rear end. We too have been making notes and taking pictures almost daily (see what we mean about privacy) of her bare backside. Veterinarians at UTCVM are aware of her sparse pelage and are not overly concerned with it at this time. Yesterday, Curators noted that Tinsel’s backside is looking a little less bare and a little more BEAR. In fact, it looks as though she is finally filling in with a short summer coat. 👏 We are so happy to see this progress and will continue to monitor her daily for any changes. Thank you for your support.🐻

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/

🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information.
appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.
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ABR Daily Update-March 12, 2024-No Privacy 🙅‍♀️🐻

Weather: 65°F (18°C) Humidity 29%, Mostly Sunny 🌞

Bears at Appalachian Bear Rescue don’t get much privacy. It’s the price they must  pay for around-the-clock care and monitoring at our rescue facility. Hopefully, the future quiet lives they will get to lead in the wild make up for it. 

Many of you have noticed the patchy fur around Tinsel Bear’s rear end. We too have been making notes and taking pictures almost daily (see what we mean about privacy) of her bare backside. Veterinarians at UTCVM are aware of her sparse pelage and are not overly concerned with it at this time. Yesterday, Curators noted that Tinsel’s backside is looking a little less bare and a little more BEAR. In fact, it looks as though she is finally filling in with a short summer coat. 👏 We are so happy to see this progress and will continue to monitor her daily for any changes. Thank you for your support.🐻

❤️ Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue.
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/make-a-donation/ 

 🎉Our Visitor & Education Center at Trillium Cove is open! Please click on the link for more information. 
https://appalachianbearrescue.org/contact-us/

 🛑 bearwise.org offers excellent information on what black bears are up to at this time of year and what to do if you hike or live in “Bear Country”.

*We post one update daily, seven days a week.Image attachmentImage attachment

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Thank you for last night everyone, as always Webinar really informative and great ❤️🐻💪

When will you start the process of releasing these two? Do you wait for warmer temperatures?

Good to hear bald spot is filling in, I know everyone cares for her and is/was concerned. ❤🐻

This is great news!!

Ah, so glad to hear!

Poor Tinsel. Everyone is monitoring her rear end 😂. I am happy to see that the bare spot seems to be filling in. 🙏🏻🐻♥️🐻♥️

I am so happy Tinsel's bottom is filling in. I was worried about her. Thank you so much for the update ❤🐻❤

Yay! Tinsel I’m so glad your nubbin hair is coming back! 🐻💝

Way to go Tinsel 🐻

That’s such wonderful news that her little bear fur is making a comeback 😊❤️

Looking good Tinsel! 🐻💖

Sorry Tinsel, that your butt is the object of everyone’s attention! But it’s because we love you and are concerned about you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Fantastic Tinsel looking good

That's great her bare bottom is filling in😊🐻❤👍

Glad to see her hair is growing back ❤️❤️❤️

Good looking nubbin, Tinsel!!

<3

Looking good, Tinsel!

Reminds me of the Big Bear in the movie The Great Outdoors!!

Fine looking backside, Tinsel bear!

Poor Tinsel didn’t get the message about shedding her winter fur until well after winter!

Poor baby!!!! 🐻

Tinsel you are just beautiful bare bottom and all!

You guys do a fantastic job! Thank you 😊

I love your posts! They bring a little peace and distraction for me, from, well, all the very nonsenses I’m in that I haven’t caused myself - much like the bears - bless them - and me please! One foot in front of the other, as I’m making progress too but twenty years of having to deal with it!?!! Crimes “in a medical setting” - who knew we’d be fighting for our very lives here - not me - but the law clear here, thank goodness! 💖💞🦋

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