Thieving Cubs!
A mystery developed recently, when the curators checked the Cub House and found the food bowls were gone! Curators played detectives and soon discovered the perpetrators. Not to be outdone…
Funny Cubs!
The five cubs at ABR – Boudreaux, Beignet, Bluebeary, Hucklebeary, and Blackbeary, are constantly on the move. As long as they are residing in the Cub House and Acclimation Pen…
A Bunch of Photos
Lots of photos in this post – of just about everybody. We start with the yearling who is seldom seen – Daffodil. The enclosure cam caught her several times. The…
Bear #292 – Iris Bear Arrives!
A fourth needy yearling bear has been admitted to ABR. On May 14th, a small yearling was repeatedly seen in a yard in Pittman Center, near Gatlinburg. TWRA captured the…
Cubs and Yearlings
There is a world of difference between bear cubs and yearling bears. The cubs are perpetual motion machines, constantly doing something except when they are asleep. Look at the ABR…
Swinging Things
There are swingy toys like balls and rings in the Cub House and in the Acclimation Pen. Now that all five cubs have access to the two rooms of the…
Cub Reunion!
As you know, two of the cubs – Beignet and Blackbeary – have been in the Cub House for the last couple of weeks, to help Beignet develop her climbing…
Wild Enclosure #3
Wild Enclosure #3 is where the three yearlings are residing. Unlike the playful cubs, yearlings tend to be timid and shy away from interactions with other bears. Our yearlings are…
Another Video of Cute Cubs
In our last post we showed the cubs in the Cub House, Beignet and Blackbeary, as they were enjoying the sweet taste of honeysuckle. Today we have a hilarious video…
Finding Bears
Sometimes the bears are hard to find. This is particularly true when they are in the Wild Enclosures, but even in the Acclimation Pen, the cubs have their hiding places.…