Wild Enclosure #3 at Night
It continues to be so hot that the bear cubs are spending their daytime hours in the undergrowth, and venturing out at night to play and forage. We are very…
Ten Little Bears
There are ten little bears at ABR. The ten are cubs who were born in January of this year. They arrived at ages 2 to 6 months, having been orphaned…
Hooray for Beignet!
The appointment for Beignet to return to the UT College of Veterinary Medicine was still a few days off, but the curators placed the carrier in her room at Hartley…
Busy Triplets
The Beary Triplets are especially active little bears. They utilize every inch and every feature of their enclosure, as these photos show. As we said, these three utilize every part…
Cubs by Night and Day
The security cameras in our enclosures and other locations allow us to see the cubs at all hours of the day and night. The curators, who thought they knew what…
What are They Doing?
As the year rolls on, the ABR cubs are keeping busy with the usual activities and have accelerated their eating behavior due to hyperphagia. Here are the latest peeks into…
Cubs are Eight Months Old!
As we’ve mentioned before, ABR has designated January 22nd as the “official Cubby birthday” of all the cubs and yearlings that come to us for care. So September 22nd marks…
Playing Catch-up
If you are a regular follower of this blog, you probably have noticed that it’s been a few days since our last post – please accept our apologies. Today we’ll…
A Fort for Beignet
Our very clever head curator, Coy, built a little fort for Beignet Bear in the Hartley House. He’s been working overtime, dreaming up enrichment ideas and challenges to keep her…
A Bear and a Box
The bear is Beignet, and the box is something the curators added to her room in the Hartley House, where she is residing while she recuperates from the surgery to…