Piccola Bear
Arguably the smallest cub at ABR, little Piccola is in a Wild Enclosure by herself. She was in a fragile state when she had surgery to repair a perforated intestine,…
Night into Day
The cub “six-pack” like to sleep on their platform, which they use as their cubby dormitory and preferred slumber party place. With the night vision cam in their enclosure, we…
Cubs at Work
The bears at ABR have one job at this time of year – to eat! Foraging is their main and most important activity, so they will be ready for their…
Cubs and Rain
ABR got only a small taste of the Hurricane Florence event (thank goodness!) We had lots of rain, though, which made for difficulties with pictures. For the most part the…
Viola and Cherry
This is an adorable video of two of the “girls” in the Six Pack, playing as cubs like to do. They are playing with the swingy ball in their enclosure,…
Magnolia Bear
After Bumble’s release, the only yearling still in our care is Magnolia, our Louisiana bear. Today we are fortunate to have photos of her to share. As you know, she…
Bumble B. Released
As promised, today we share the photos of the preparations for the release of Bumble B. Bear. Bumble was an ABR resident from May 31st to September 11th, 2018. He…
Bumble B. Bear Released!
As you know, the mission of ABR with each of our bears is to finally see them return to their wild habitat. On September 12th, the yearling nicknamed Bumble B.…
9 Wet Bears and 1 Dry Bear
It was a very rainy day. Our bears handled it differently, depending on their ages and locations. The two yearlings spent the day in their favorite trees, getting rained on…
Piccola Bear
Piccola Bear is enjoying her freedom in the Wild Enclosure. She didn’t like being confined to a pen, even one as large as the Acclimation Pen. We are glad that…