Where Are the Bears?
It’s January. Bears in the Smokies and throughout the country are in dens. Mother bears will soon give birth to the cubs of 2018. Bear cubs are born in the…
The ABR Year in Review – Cubs
Our last post reviewed the ABR lives of our yearlings, Summitt and Dani Bear. This post will focus on the three cubs – Otto, Rollo and Apollo Bear. Each of…
The ABR Year in Review
We are going to review the yearlings and cubs that ABR cared for during 2017. In today’s post we show the two yearlings when they arrived and how they looked…
Signs of Cubs’ Activities
Now that the three cubs have returned to their wild habitat, the curators are finding clues to their behavior and their activities while they were in the Wild Enclosure. These…
Cub Sizes
The three ABR cubs of 2017 have returned to the wild. We posted the news of their release in a series of 3 posts. You may recall that Otto, Rollo…
A Special Video for You
This video is very special. It highlights all three of the ABR cubs who were released on December 4th and shows how they grew during the time they were in…
Cubs Released! Part 3
The third and last cub to be worked up for release on December 4th was #261 Rollo Bear. Rollo arrived at ABR in early May, weighing 5.5 pounds. He was…
Cubs Released! – Part 2
Our last post was about the release of #266 Apollo Bear back into the wild. In this post we will show the story of #259 Otto Bear. Otto was the…
Cubs Released! – Part 1
We apologize for our lack of posts recently. Computer issues prevented us from posting. Now we are back in business and as the title tells you, the news is good!…
Big Little Bears
Curator David was away from the facility for three weeks. When he came back he was amazed to see how big the cubs have become. It’s true – they literally…