Summitt Bear To The Cub House
In our last post we showed you how Summitt Bear was indicating that he wanted out of the confinement of the Cub Nursery pen. He was, literally “climbing the walls,”…
Summitt Bear Wants Out!
ABR Bear #258 aka. Summitt Bear, had been at ABR for not quite four days, confined to a pen in the Cub Nursery as we reported in our last post. …
Summitt Bear – Eat and Sleep
Our 14-month-old yearling , Summitt Bear arrived at ABR on March 27th. As we wrote in our last post, the little bear was underweight, dehydrated and so anemic that he…
Breaking News – ABR’s First 2017 Bear!
As you know, ABR has been cub-less since November 2016. We’ve been able to get a lot done during the past four months, and our facility is in tip-top condition…
A Special Treat
Today we have a very special treat for you. We’ve posted about Curator Coy’s research in connection with his Master’s thesis and as you know, he is following the GPS-collared…
Memories of March, 2013
Appalachian Bear Rescue is still waiting to receive the first orphaned cub of 2017. We are very happy to wait! Why? Because March is much too soon for bear cubs…
One Year Ago. . .
As we have reported, ABR is without resident cubs and has been cub-less since November, 2016. During this down time, the curators, volunteers and board members have been working to…
ABR Junior Curators
In the absence of cubs onsite, we will share with you the recent visit to Lincoln Heights Elementary School in Morristown, TN (Curator Janet Dalton is the principal) during which…
Remembering the Escapees
The Wild Enclosures at ABR are designed to be very secure. Usually, they perform as expected and our furry residents stay safely within their enclosure as they practice being bears. …
Bear Dens
Curator Coy is working hard on his Master’s thesis and the research into the habits of ABR cubs who were cared for last year. You may remember that when they…