On March 27, 2021 a bear cub from South Carolina: a two-month-old male cub-of-the-year weighing 5.4 pounds arrived at ABR. A little boy found the cub by the side of a road after a severe storm. The South Carolina DNR officers waited as long as they could, to see if his mother would return, but when she didn’t, they had to take action.

Curator Janet took the cub to the UT College of Veterinary Medicine for his intake exam, and then transported him back to the ABR Cub Nursery. Following the trend of naming cubs for colleges, this little guy is named Wofford, in honor of the college of that name in SC.

We’ll post more info as it becomes available. The chances are that it is now too late to find a surrogate mother for Wofford, and he will remain at ABR until he’s old enough for release.

It looks like we will be sharing news of this little cub and his progress. Stay tuned.