Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) is a black bear rescue facility located just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend, Tennessee. ABR is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that has been returning black bears back to the wild since 1996. Each year black bears from our national parks and surrounding areas are orphaned, injured, or in need of medical care. Thanks to Appalachian Bear Rescue, these bears are given a second chance at life in the wild.
There are currently 26 cubs of the year and one yearling at the ABR bear facility. The 26 cubs and Spruce the yearling all came to ABR in need of a second chance. We don't need to teach them a single thing. They were born knowing how to do everything they need to know to thrive. They know how to forage, how to den, how to climb trees, how to swim. They know all the bear essentials. All we have to do is give them a safe place to grow, top-notch medical care, and lots of nutritious food. We do that with your assistance. Your generosity gives bears a second chance.
We hope that you will join us for the 2024 Bearly 5K Walk/Run. We would love to see you in Townsend on October 26th, but you can also participate and give bears a second chances in your neck of the woods. As with most things, cubs don't take races too seriously!! Our Bearly 5K isn't timed. You can walk or run or just join your cubby friends to show your support. It's only about enjoying being together and enjoying giving cubs a second chance.
This year, your Bearly 5K race packages will be filled with treats to remind you of your favorite little bears. There are Peeps, Scooby Grahams, Monster Mash Jellybeans, and Gummy Hamburgers along with the Comfort Colors long sleeve event tee.
I'm in Florida or I'd love to be there..The cubs are just beautiful and getting nice and chubby❤Thank you for the update and pictures, have a good night🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻❤
Thank you for the great photos and update on the cubs! ♥️🐻
They all are looking so healthy. Their fur is beautiful. Thanks, ABR, for all that you do every single day to "raise" these cubbies (and a yearling) to thrive in the wild.
ABR Daily Update - September 11, 2024 - What’s Better Than A Margarita?
What’s better than a margarita? - A BEARGARITA!! 🍹🐻 August 30th was Jimmy Buffett Day and what better way to celebrate than mixing up some bear-friendly, frozen concoctions!
Last month, Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge reached out to ABR offering their staff and time to help our bear cubs and give back to the community in honor of the late singer/songwriter. On August 30th, our Curators were joined by Camp Margaritaville volunteers to clean up trash in Townsend and make some enrichment treats for our current cubby residents.
A lot of trash was picked up, including an entire plastic picnic table that was left in the river. Afterwards, the margarita professionals got to work at our Visitor and Education Center blending up greek yogurt, honey, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries to make mini “beargaritas” for our lucky bear cubs. Aside from their physical labor, the Resort and Lodge also donated $1 from every specialty drink that was sold on Jimmy Buffett Day to our bear cubs.
Appalachian Bear Rescue would like to extend a big THANK YOU to Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge for choosing ABR as their charity of choice for this year’s service day. We think Jimmy Buffett would approve. 😏 🍹🦜
*All of our bear cubs are doing well and enjoying some of the many beargaritas that we now have stocked in our freezers* ... See MoreSee Less
A huge thanks to Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge for your work in cleaning up rubbish and for making ABR your charity of choice. 💖🐻💖
Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge understands what it is to be a good corporate citizen and is leading by example. Hopefully they can impact and motivate other businesses to do the same. The goal should be to protect the wildlife that so many visitors flock to the Smokies every year hoping to see. 🐻❤️🐻
It seems that Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge has embraced our current residents at ABR. Thank you for making those delicious sounding Beargaritas for them. Also thank you CMPF for taking interest in the Townsend community and helping with the trash pick up. It is so sad that this is even necessary.
🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
ABR Daily Update-September 10, 2024-A Peaceful Retreat from Cubby Chaos
Weather: 80F (27C) Humidity 34%, Sunny
Spruce Bear and our twenty-six black bear cubs are doing well. We wish Spruce understood that a two-room apartment, a screened outdoor porch, plenty of food, room service, and peace and quiet is not a bad deal in the grand scheme of things. At least he’s not with the chaotic cubs who are constantly trying to destroy each other and our facility.
The cubs have been friskier lately, probably because it was cooler for a couple of days. They have no concept of “personal space,” which will develop when they become yearlings, like Spruce. In the wild, yearlings do not associate with cubs; mother bears would drive them off. Black bears generally lead a solitary life, starting around 16 months of age and yearlings are at the bottom of the social order and must survive by avoiding other bears and finding a range of their own. Anyway, we doubt Spruce would enjoy the company of our cubbies; they are not conducive to anyone’s convalescence and are generally bad for everyone’s nerves.
Thank you for your continuing support of our bears and our mission.
Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue’s Room in Your Heart Campaign.
So glad we finally get to see the entire post from yesterday! I would hate to miss out on any of the shenanigans of these little tornadoes 😂. Spruce really doesn’t know how lucky he is right now, to have his own private accommodations 😬.
🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
Glad to see Facebook decided to cooperate and post your pictures....pictures are great to view! Your guest are a pleasure to watch.
I am so glad Facebook decided to post the pictures. The cubs are so funny to see. I am glad Spruce Bear is doing great. ❤🐻❤×26+Spruce Bear
All is well at the facility and with our bears. We've tried several times to post a regular update with multiple photos, but Facebook removes it. We don't understand why, and have appealed their decision. We hope they'll let us post this photo of Monday Morning Dance Class. 🤞😉 ... See MoreSee Less
Facebook has gone off the rails lately! I have had several of my local animal shelter/rescue post shares taken down lately due to “not meeting community standards”. I guess they don’t want adoptable animals finding a home 😡. Glad to see at least this abbreviated post regarding our little darlings 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
I shared a clip from Instagram on my timeline. It was bear cubs from the Kilham Bear Center. Facebook removed my post and the reason was "spam"???🤔
I think AI should stand for Artificial Incompetence
Facebook is being weird lately 😕
There are quite a few people/pages that are having problems with posting stuff
ABR Daily Update-September 8, 2024-Twenty-Six Cubs and Spruce 🐻
We hope you enjoy this video, best viewed in full-screen, featuring our twenty-six black bear cubs and Spruce, our yearling. All our residents are thriving. The same can’t be said for our saplings. Thank you for your continuing support of our bears and our mission. ❤️🐻
🧸Visit our online store to virtually adopt a cub or to buy any of the merchandise unique to ABR. We’re sorry, but purchases are restricted to the USA. appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com
Thanks for the video today. It ran the gamut from terrifying cubs to a sweet and appreciative yearling. Meadow seems to have come a long way in her confidence. I felt so sorry for that poor sapling that the cubs were all over next to the forbidden tree. Then we end with sweet Spruce joyfully cleaning his plate (or log as the case may be) like the good boy he is.
🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
Wonderful update! They are all doing great. They are so beautiful ❤🐻❤×26+Spruce Bear
A nice normal day at ABR...cubs playing, Spruce chonkifying...all is well. 😊
Our 26 cub residents and Spruce Bear, our yearling, are eating and eating and eating—unless they’re wrecking and wrecking and wrecking.
One of the cubs in WE#1 (Lyles, Slick, Velma, Daphne, Scooby, and Meadow Bear) fancies himself a carpet installer, or rather, a carpet remover. The Crawley-Cowe Sisters warned us not to name suspects, so we won’t. However, hypothetically speaking, if Scooby were to appear at your house and offer to remove your wall-to-wall carpeting for peanuts, DON’T let him in! 🐻🐮🐮🐮
Scooby (or someone who looks like him) smelled bugs under the grass. You remember the rolls of sod the curators put down a few weeks ago? Scooby (or someone like him) figured that rolling them up would expose lots of snacks. Insects are a large part of a black bear’s diet, and the cubs love them. Black bears are also opportunists, and after Scooby’s look-alike exposed the buffet, the other cubs took advantage of the opportunity and helped themselves to the fruits of his labor.🐻🐛
Not to be outdone, a cub in WE#2 (Duke, Daisy Mae, Jellybean, Jackie P., Bubbles, Mojo, and Fuzzy Bear) foiled our brilliant sapling protection device and tried to murdalize a young oak. The curators installed a fake electric fence around the sapling a few years ago, and it has worked (more or less) to protect the tree. The cubs associate the wires with the live electric perimeter fencing and usually avoid them. Not anymore. A cub (and this time we really can’t identify which one) climbed it and took it for a bendy, springy ride before falling off. Luckily, another cub tackled him upon landing, and a wrestling match ensued, distracting the vandal from his task. The sapling lives for another day.🌳
Spruce Bear, our yearling, is focused on putting on weight, and the curators believe he’s succeeding. One of his meals included 2 cups of full-fat yogurt, 1 cup of ground puppy chow, ¾ cup of ground Mazouri bear diet pellets, mixed berries, chopped walnuts, and an apple. As you heard in Curator Tori’s live broadcast yesterday, Spruce’s follow-up exam at UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine was canceled; the vets and curators think Spruce’s mouth is healing well, and they don’t want to risk sedating him unless there is a good reason. Our yearling is managing captivity; he paces a little, but his attention is focused on eating, and as long as he gets fed, he’s willing to put up with it. Soon, he’ll be used to having a full tummy, and that’s when we’ll see if he can live in the Recovery Center. Regardless, it won’t be for long; the curators hope to return Spruce to the wild in a few weeks.🐻
Our other cubs are doing well, and we’ll focus on them in tomorrow’s post.
🧸Visit our online store to virtually adopt a cub or to buy any of the merchandise unique to ABR. We’re sorry, but purchases are restricted to the USA. �� appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/
Bears 398 Casper and 399 Shadow…I have my very own Casper and Shadow, except mine are cats! Lol. I just loved seeing their names together. My Shadow is a solid charcoal gray and Casper is solid white. Love my boys and now their bear namesakes will hold a special place in my heart ❤️!
Oh my! It appears there has been quite a lot of cubby mischief going on. That once beautiful green sod has met its match. To be fair, I’m sure there were all sorts of yummy goodies hiding under there. So glad at least the sapling was spared (for now). I am thrilled to see that Spruce is doing so well that another trip to the vet will not be needed. I hope he continues to do as well as he has been with fattening up, so he can return to the wild soon. I think all the cubs will enjoy the cooler temps tonight. 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26+Spruce
Every day, we work hard to account for every cub. In fact, we do it multiple times every day. Though we have great cameras, they can't see into every corner of the enclosures. It often takes Curators with binoculars and lots of patience to find the little rascals. When we look on the cameras, we sometimes just find glimpses of cubs doing their cubby things. We hope you enjoy seeing a few of those cubby things.
Thank you for your kind words wishing Plum P Bear a successful life back in the wild where she belongs. We are happy we could care for her for just a few days and even happier that she's back in the wild.
Thank you for all you do for our little bears. We couldn't do our work without YOU! Don't forget to sign up for the ABR Bearly 5K. The event happens on Saturday, October 26th. You can walk/run in Townsend with us, or you can walk/run for the cubs in your neck of the woods. Here's the link to sign up. It's all for fun and FOR THE BEARS! appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/2024-bearly-5k-run-walk-participant-signup... See MoreSee Less
Wonderful video. So glad to see that Spruce continues to do well and tolerate confinement. He is starting to fill out some. I could not believe Jackie P! He is starting to look like a smaller version of Jellybean! All of the cubs have beautiful shiny coats. That’s what a good healthy diet does for you! I pray that Plum P is much happier now that she is back in the wild 💞
🙏🏻🐻♥️x27 plus curators
Those cameras are wonderful in giving us an opportunity to watch them at play. This is the most carefree time they will ever have when food is plentiful and literally rains from the sky, pools are filled and just waiting to be used, and they have the company of other little bears to play with. In watching Scooby, you could just tell he was thoroughly enjoying being in the water. I couldn't help but wish that he had a ball to play with. Loved the video! <3
I love watching the cubby chaos, but why WE3…just why???? Well… carry on with the cubby madness! So glad all our precious babies are well! Thanks for update and all y’all do for these precious bears 🐻💕
It's so sad that humans have taken over so much space in the mountainous areas. The bears need space. But, so many people go to the mountains in search of bears, that they will do whatever it takes to lure them. Bears should be viewed from a distance. These same people would not treat, say skunks, in the same way. People need to respect nature, not destroy it. Bears are going to follow their noses to wherever the food is, whether it's in a vehicle or a cabin or even a dumpster. I believe anyone caught approaching or willfully feeding a bear should be fined and punished. I wish the best to Plum P, and I hope she will flourish in her new territory.
This is kind of sad that she gone so quickly, but on the other hand, I'm so happy that she was able to be taken care of by ABR, given the deworming meds, received a full check up to make sure she was healthy, and is now back where she belongs, in the wild. Another success story in my book. And seeing as how she spent a great deal of her time sitting on that log looking out into the enclosure, I'm sure it was just a matter of time before she began a steady pacing back and forth, and getting a lot of anxiety, which is not a good thing. I pray she's happy and can establish her own territory, and that there is ample food supply for her to do what bears do at this time of year, eat, eat, eat, to put on the fat supplies with the upcoming hibernation season. Again, many thanks to ABR for all you do.
Plum P Bear was miserable from the very beginning. With her larger than average size, plus not being used to being around other cubs, there were really no options for putting her out with the current cubs. She is at the size now that some of the cubs might be when they are released later this year. Plum made it well known that while she appreciated the hospitality at ABR, it was just not for her. Run free sweet Plum. I pray you have a long and prosperous wild bear life, far away from any human contact. 🙏🏻🐻♥️
September 12, 2024: Not a Care in the World
There are currently 26 cubs of the year and one yearling at the ABR bear facility. The 26 cubs and Spruce the yearling all came to ABR in need of a second chance. We don't need to teach them a single thing. They were born knowing how to do everything they need to know to thrive. They know how to forage, how to den, how to climb trees, how to swim. They know all the bear essentials. All we have to do is give them a safe place to grow, top-notch medical care, and lots of nutritious food. We do that with your assistance. Your generosity gives bears a second chance.
We hope that you will join us for the 2024 Bearly 5K Walk/Run. We would love to see you in Townsend on October 26th, but you can also participate and give bears a second chances in your neck of the woods. As with most things, cubs don't take races too seriously!! Our Bearly 5K isn't timed. You can walk or run or just join your cubby friends to show your support. It's only about enjoying being together and enjoying giving cubs a second chance.
This year, your Bearly 5K race packages will be filled with treats to remind you of your favorite little bears. There are Peeps, Scooby Grahams, Monster Mash Jellybeans, and Gummy Hamburgers along with the Comfort Colors long sleeve event tee.
Please sign up today. Every registration gives a cub a second chance at life in the wild.
appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/2024-bearly-5k-run-walk-participant-signup
There's still time to sponsor the 2024 Bearly 5K. Check out sponsorship opportunities here:
appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/2024-bearly-5k-run-walk-sponsor-opportunities ... See MoreSee Less
13 CommentsComment on Facebook
I'm in Florida or I'd love to be there..The cubs are just beautiful and getting nice and chubby❤Thank you for the update and pictures, have a good night🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻❤
Thank you for the great photos and update on the cubs! ♥️🐻
They all are looking so healthy. Their fur is beautiful. Thanks, ABR, for all that you do every single day to "raise" these cubbies (and a yearling) to thrive in the wild.
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ABR Daily Update - September 11, 2024 - What’s Better Than A Margarita?
What’s better than a margarita? - A BEARGARITA!! 🍹🐻 August 30th was Jimmy Buffett Day and what better way to celebrate than mixing up some bear-friendly, frozen concoctions!
Last month, Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge reached out to ABR offering their staff and time to help our bear cubs and give back to the community in honor of the late singer/songwriter. On August 30th, our Curators were joined by Camp Margaritaville volunteers to clean up trash in Townsend and make some enrichment treats for our current cubby residents.
A lot of trash was picked up, including an entire plastic picnic table that was left in the river. Afterwards, the margarita professionals got to work at our Visitor and Education Center blending up greek yogurt, honey, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries to make mini “beargaritas” for our lucky bear cubs. Aside from their physical labor, the Resort and Lodge also donated $1 from every specialty drink that was sold on Jimmy Buffett Day to our bear cubs.
Appalachian Bear Rescue would like to extend a big THANK YOU to Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge for choosing ABR as their charity of choice for this year’s service day. We think Jimmy Buffett would approve. 😏 🍹🦜
*All of our bear cubs are doing well and enjoying some of the many beargaritas that we now have stocked in our freezers* ... See MoreSee Less
63 CommentsComment on Facebook
A huge thanks to Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge for your work in cleaning up rubbish and for making ABR your charity of choice. 💖🐻💖
Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge understands what it is to be a good corporate citizen and is leading by example. Hopefully they can impact and motivate other businesses to do the same. The goal should be to protect the wildlife that so many visitors flock to the Smokies every year hoping to see. 🐻❤️🐻
It seems that Camp Margaritaville Pigeon Forge has embraced our current residents at ABR. Thank you for making those delicious sounding Beargaritas for them. Also thank you CMPF for taking interest in the Townsend community and helping with the trash pick up. It is so sad that this is even necessary. 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
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ABR Daily Update-September 10, 2024-A Peaceful Retreat from Cubby Chaos
Weather: 80F (27C) Humidity 34%, Sunny
Spruce Bear and our twenty-six black bear cubs are doing well. We wish Spruce understood that a two-room apartment, a screened outdoor porch, plenty of food, room service, and peace and quiet is not a bad deal in the grand scheme of things. At least he’s not with the chaotic cubs who are constantly trying to destroy each other and our facility.
The cubs have been friskier lately, probably because it was cooler for a couple of days. They have no concept of “personal space,” which will develop when they become yearlings, like Spruce. In the wild, yearlings do not associate with cubs; mother bears would drive them off. Black bears generally lead a solitary life, starting around 16 months of age and yearlings are at the bottom of the social order and must survive by avoiding other bears and finding a range of their own. Anyway, we doubt Spruce would enjoy the company of our cubbies; they are not conducive to anyone’s convalescence and are generally bad for everyone’s nerves.
Thank you for your continuing support of our bears and our mission.
Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue’s Room in Your Heart Campaign.
appalachianbearrescue.org/room-in-your-heart-campaign/ ... See MoreSee Less
31 CommentsComment on Facebook
So glad we finally get to see the entire post from yesterday! I would hate to miss out on any of the shenanigans of these little tornadoes 😂. Spruce really doesn’t know how lucky he is right now, to have his own private accommodations 😬. 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
Glad to see Facebook decided to cooperate and post your pictures....pictures are great to view! Your guest are a pleasure to watch.
I am so glad Facebook decided to post the pictures. The cubs are so funny to see. I am glad Spruce Bear is doing great. ❤🐻❤×26+Spruce Bear
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ABR Daily Update-September 9, 2024
All is well at the facility and with our bears. We've tried several times to post a regular update with multiple photos, but Facebook removes it. We don't understand why, and have appealed their decision. We hope they'll let us post this photo of Monday Morning Dance Class. 🤞😉 ... See MoreSee Less
105 CommentsComment on Facebook
Facebook has gone off the rails lately! I have had several of my local animal shelter/rescue post shares taken down lately due to “not meeting community standards”. I guess they don’t want adoptable animals finding a home 😡. Glad to see at least this abbreviated post regarding our little darlings 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
I shared a clip from Instagram on my timeline. It was bear cubs from the Kilham Bear Center. Facebook removed my post and the reason was "spam"???🤔 I think AI should stand for Artificial Incompetence
Facebook is being weird lately 😕 There are quite a few people/pages that are having problems with posting stuff
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ABR Daily Update-September 8, 2024-Twenty-Six Cubs and Spruce 🐻
We hope you enjoy this video, best viewed in full-screen, featuring our twenty-six black bear cubs and Spruce, our yearling. All our residents are thriving. The same can’t be said for our saplings. Thank you for your continuing support of our bears and our mission. ❤️🐻
❤️Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue’s Room in Your Heart Campaign.
appalachianbearrescue.org/room-in-your-heart-campaign/
🧸Visit our online store to virtually adopt a cub or to buy any of the merchandise unique to ABR. We’re sorry, but purchases are restricted to the USA.
appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com
🎉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. ... See MoreSee Less
36 CommentsComment on Facebook
Thanks for the video today. It ran the gamut from terrifying cubs to a sweet and appreciative yearling. Meadow seems to have come a long way in her confidence. I felt so sorry for that poor sapling that the cubs were all over next to the forbidden tree. Then we end with sweet Spruce joyfully cleaning his plate (or log as the case may be) like the good boy he is. 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26 plus Spruce
Wonderful update! They are all doing great. They are so beautiful ❤🐻❤×26+Spruce Bear
A nice normal day at ABR...cubs playing, Spruce chonkifying...all is well. 😊
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ABR Daily Update-September 7, 2024
Cubs, Chaos, and Culinary Delights at ABR 🐻🐛🐜
Weather: 75F (24C) Humidity 53%, Partly Cloudy 🌤️
Our 26 cub residents and Spruce Bear, our yearling, are eating and eating and eating—unless they’re wrecking and wrecking and wrecking.
One of the cubs in WE#1 (Lyles, Slick, Velma, Daphne, Scooby, and Meadow Bear) fancies himself a carpet installer, or rather, a carpet remover. The Crawley-Cowe Sisters warned us not to name suspects, so we won’t. However, hypothetically speaking, if Scooby were to appear at your house and offer to remove your wall-to-wall carpeting for peanuts, DON’T let him in! 🐻🐮🐮🐮
Scooby (or someone who looks like him) smelled bugs under the grass. You remember the rolls of sod the curators put down a few weeks ago? Scooby (or someone like him) figured that rolling them up would expose lots of snacks. Insects are a large part of a black bear’s diet, and the cubs love them. Black bears are also opportunists, and after Scooby’s look-alike exposed the buffet, the other cubs took advantage of the opportunity and helped themselves to the fruits of his labor.🐻🐛
Not to be outdone, a cub in WE#2 (Duke, Daisy Mae, Jellybean, Jackie P., Bubbles, Mojo, and Fuzzy Bear) foiled our brilliant sapling protection device and tried to murdalize a young oak. The curators installed a fake electric fence around the sapling a few years ago, and it has worked (more or less) to protect the tree. The cubs associate the wires with the live electric perimeter fencing and usually avoid them. Not anymore. A cub (and this time we really can’t identify which one) climbed it and took it for a bendy, springy ride before falling off. Luckily, another cub tackled him upon landing, and a wrestling match ensued, distracting the vandal from his task. The sapling lives for another day.🌳
Spruce Bear, our yearling, is focused on putting on weight, and the curators believe he’s succeeding. One of his meals included 2 cups of full-fat yogurt, 1 cup of ground puppy chow, ¾ cup of ground Mazouri bear diet pellets, mixed berries, chopped walnuts, and an apple. As you heard in Curator Tori’s live broadcast yesterday, Spruce’s follow-up exam at UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine was canceled; the vets and curators think Spruce’s mouth is healing well, and they don’t want to risk sedating him unless there is a good reason. Our yearling is managing captivity; he paces a little, but his attention is focused on eating, and as long as he gets fed, he’s willing to put up with it. Soon, he’ll be used to having a full tummy, and that’s when we’ll see if he can live in the Recovery Center. Regardless, it won’t be for long; the curators hope to return Spruce to the wild in a few weeks.🐻
Our other cubs are doing well, and we’ll focus on them in tomorrow’s post.
❤️Please consider donating to Appalachian Bear Rescue’s Room in Your Heart Campaign.
appalachianbearrescue.org/room-in-your-heart-campaign/
🧸Visit our online store to virtually adopt a cub or to buy any of the merchandise unique to ABR. We’re sorry, but purchases are restricted to the USA. ��
appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/
🎉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. ... See MoreSee Less
27 CommentsComment on Facebook
THank you. Donated twice
Bears 398 Casper and 399 Shadow…I have my very own Casper and Shadow, except mine are cats! Lol. I just loved seeing their names together. My Shadow is a solid charcoal gray and Casper is solid white. Love my boys and now their bear namesakes will hold a special place in my heart ❤️!
Oh my! It appears there has been quite a lot of cubby mischief going on. That once beautiful green sod has met its match. To be fair, I’m sure there were all sorts of yummy goodies hiding under there. So glad at least the sapling was spared (for now). I am thrilled to see that Spruce is doing so well that another trip to the vet will not be needed. I hope he continues to do as well as he has been with fattening up, so he can return to the wild soon. I think all the cubs will enjoy the cooler temps tonight. 🙏🏻🐻♥️x26+Spruce
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49 CommentsComment on Facebook
Will the cubs that came in together as brother & sisters stay together in the wild or will they go their separate ways
I can relate with Slick 🥵
Slick is a heavy breather
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September 5, 2024: Glimpses Into Cubby Life
Every day, we work hard to account for every cub. In fact, we do it multiple times every day. Though we have great cameras, they can't see into every corner of the enclosures. It often takes Curators with binoculars and lots of patience to find the little rascals. When we look on the cameras, we sometimes just find glimpses of cubs doing their cubby things. We hope you enjoy seeing a few of those cubby things.
Thank you for your kind words wishing Plum P Bear a successful life back in the wild where she belongs. We are happy we could care for her for just a few days and even happier that she's back in the wild.
Thank you for all you do for our little bears. We couldn't do our work without YOU! Don't forget to sign up for the ABR Bearly 5K. The event happens on Saturday, October 26th. You can walk/run in Townsend with us, or you can walk/run for the cubs in your neck of the woods. Here's the link to sign up. It's all for fun and FOR THE BEARS! appalachian-bear-rescue.myshopify.com/products/2024-bearly-5k-run-walk-participant-signup ... See MoreSee Less
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Wonderful video. So glad to see that Spruce continues to do well and tolerate confinement. He is starting to fill out some. I could not believe Jackie P! He is starting to look like a smaller version of Jellybean! All of the cubs have beautiful shiny coats. That’s what a good healthy diet does for you! I pray that Plum P is much happier now that she is back in the wild 💞 🙏🏻🐻♥️x27 plus curators
Those cameras are wonderful in giving us an opportunity to watch them at play. This is the most carefree time they will ever have when food is plentiful and literally rains from the sky, pools are filled and just waiting to be used, and they have the company of other little bears to play with. In watching Scooby, you could just tell he was thoroughly enjoying being in the water. I couldn't help but wish that he had a ball to play with. Loved the video! <3
I love watching the cubby chaos, but why WE3…just why???? Well… carry on with the cubby madness! So glad all our precious babies are well! Thanks for update and all y’all do for these precious bears 🐻💕
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ABR Bear #422 Released Back To The Wild!! 🐻🥳
(Yep, you read that right! Please watch the full video below for more information). ... See MoreSee Less
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It's so sad that humans have taken over so much space in the mountainous areas. The bears need space. But, so many people go to the mountains in search of bears, that they will do whatever it takes to lure them. Bears should be viewed from a distance. These same people would not treat, say skunks, in the same way. People need to respect nature, not destroy it. Bears are going to follow their noses to wherever the food is, whether it's in a vehicle or a cabin or even a dumpster. I believe anyone caught approaching or willfully feeding a bear should be fined and punished. I wish the best to Plum P, and I hope she will flourish in her new territory.
This is kind of sad that she gone so quickly, but on the other hand, I'm so happy that she was able to be taken care of by ABR, given the deworming meds, received a full check up to make sure she was healthy, and is now back where she belongs, in the wild. Another success story in my book. And seeing as how she spent a great deal of her time sitting on that log looking out into the enclosure, I'm sure it was just a matter of time before she began a steady pacing back and forth, and getting a lot of anxiety, which is not a good thing. I pray she's happy and can establish her own territory, and that there is ample food supply for her to do what bears do at this time of year, eat, eat, eat, to put on the fat supplies with the upcoming hibernation season. Again, many thanks to ABR for all you do.
Plum P Bear was miserable from the very beginning. With her larger than average size, plus not being used to being around other cubs, there were really no options for putting her out with the current cubs. She is at the size now that some of the cubs might be when they are released later this year. Plum made it well known that while she appreciated the hospitality at ABR, it was just not for her. Run free sweet Plum. I pray you have a long and prosperous wild bear life, far away from any human contact. 🙏🏻🐻♥️
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