Another month has gone by, and if things had gone according to plan, all of the bears would be back in the wild. But, as we know, things didn’t go as planned, so we are celebrating the 11-month birthday of our seventeen cubs, and the 23rd-month birthday of our yearling!

Happy Birthday to the ABR bears and to all bears, everywhere!

In Wild Enclosure #1, the cubs slept on top of their den (lessons from Snoopy, perhaps?)

Heather Yearling went into her Acclimation Pen for a snack, and then went back out to sleep.

Cubs in Wild Enclosure #3 sleep in a cubby pile on a daybed.

The Fight Club girls tried a lazy bout of wrestling before grabbing a snack from the Acclimation Pen.

Curator Tom brought a Christmas holly into the Hartley House for the triplets. As usual, CranBeary was first to check it out.

The tree couldn’t stand up to the triplets – CRASH!

CranBeary got an apple, but didn’t eat it.

Mistletoe munched on the apple!

They went to the other room for breakfast. After some haggling about who would get which bowl, they settled down to eat.

The three little Christmas cubs appear to be doing well and putting on weight. They needed it! We will be interested in watching their growth in the coming weeks.