Labor Day Update
The ABR cubs had a pretty relaxing Labor Day, with not much labor. It was hot, so they weren’t too active. The cubs had a good Labor Day. Hopefully, your…
Breakfast For Beignet
We posted yesterday that Beignet Bear had required surgery at UT to install pins in her right back leg, after X-rays revealed a break. As we said in that post,…
Surgery for Beignet Bear
A few days ago, while watching the security cam footage, Curator Coy noticed that Beignet was limping. Since she was in the Wild Enclosure with the Beary Triplets, the only…
Clubhouse for Cubs
The cubs in Wild Enclosure #2 – Boudreaux, Bentley, Bluebelle, Dandelion, Jessamine, and Marigold – have found themselves a clubhouse. When the curators couldn’t find the cubs, they searched with…
Sweetie Bear Released!
Our third yearling, Sweetie Bear, was released on the same day as Daffodil, but later in the day. It happened that as soon as Daffodil had left, Sweetie decided to…
Daffodil Bear Released!
The second yearling, Daffodil Bear (ABR#287) went back to the wild on August 26th. As you know, the curators had initiated the passive capture protocol several days ago, and all…
Bears and Fruit
Various fruits are favorite foods of bears. We know about their fondness for berries of all kinds, but they also gobble other fruits, as well. Fall fruits include apples, pears,…
Iris Bear Released!
On August 23rd, nineteen-month-old Iris Bear entered the Acclimation Pen for Wild Enclosure #4 and became the first of the three yearlings to return to her wild home. As we…
Happy Birthday, Bears!
If you have followed our blog for awhile, you know that every month we celebrate the “birthday” of the bears in our care on the 22nd of the month. ABR…
Bears on a Hot Day
What do the yearlings and cubs so on hot days? We’ve had a lot of hot days recently, and we humans tend to spend a lot of time in air-conditioned…