Magnolia Goes Home
Magnolia, the last of our yearling bears, went home to Louisiana on October 19. Here is a review of her time at ABR. The rest of the story will be…
Piccola, Dash and Magnolia Bear
As promised, this post is about Piccola and Dash Bear and there is also some wonderful footage of Magnolia Bear, our LA yearling who will soon be returning home. It…
Bears by Night and Day
The Six-pack cubs usually sleep in a tangle of feet, legs and other body parts on the platform, also known as the “Cubby Dorm.” It has been interesting and surprising…
Chubby Cubs!
We’ve said that the only job our cubs have to perform is to eat and grow chubby. They have really taken their job seriously, and as these photos show, the…
Piccola Challenges Ball; Six-Pack Cubs
Today we start with a photo that shows how Piccola Bear has finally won Dash Bear over. Whether it was a case of wearing her down, or whether Dash decided…
Pesky Piccola and Dash Bear
Since Dash joined Piccola Bear on Wild Enclosure #3, little Piccola has tried to make friends – she wants Dash to play with her. Dash, on the other hand, seems…
Piccola and Dash
Our last post showed the food delivery system and how the Six-pack cubs foraged, even when some of their food went in their pool. This time we’ll visit the two…
Six Pack Cubs Forage in Pool!
As we have posted before, the food for the cubs is delivered in a unique, though low-tech way, by the curators who throw it over the fences. Here is Curator…
Cubby Antics
Piccola Bear put on quite a show for the cam in Wild Enclosure #3. It makes for a few minutes of chuckles as you watch the video. It’s so interesting…
Piccola the Night Owl
Piccola Bear now shares her enclosure with Dash Bear. As far as we know they haven’t met each other yet, but it’s interesting to see Piccola’s behavior. Bears have such…