A Tale of Two Bears
ABR has two bears in residence – tiny Otto Bear is almost three months old and Summitt Bear is a fourteen-month-old yearling. We have photos of both of them today.…
Otto and Summitt Bear
ABR has two bears in residence – Otto the visible and Summitt the invisible. Otto, the little three-month-old cub, is easy to see in his pen in the Cub Nursery. …
Summitt and Otto Bear
Summitt Bear, our 14-month-old yearling, is doing well in the Wild Enclosure. He is probably very glad to be left alone, not poked, prodded and examined any more as he…
Otto Bear at UT
On April 11th ABR admitted Cub #259, Otto Bear. Unlike our yearling Summitt Bear, Otto Bear is a Spring Cub, meaning he was born in late January 2017. Curator Coy…
Exciting News x 2!
Things are getting busier at ABR. We had predicted that Summitt Bear would soon be out in a Wild Enclosure, and sure enough, that’s where he is now. That is…
Food Service in The Cub House
Summitt Bear, our 14-month-old yearling, seems to have adjusted well to the Acclimation Pen outside The Cub House. He spends most of his time up as high as he can…
Summitt Bear Up High; Curator Coy Busy
The 14-month-old yearling bear at ABR, nicknamed Summitt, is a typical black bear in that he prefers to be up as high as possible. Being up high means safety for…
As Expected . . .
In our last post we showed the open door between The Cub House and the Acclimation Pen. Summitt Bear peeked out but stayed put in the safety of The Cub…
New Opportunity for Summitt Bear
On April 4th the vets at the University of Tennessee Vet School asked our curators to bring Summitt Bear back in for a checkup. They wanted to be sure he…
Summitt Bear in the Cub House
As we reported in our last post ABR Bear #258, nicknamed Summitt Bear, was moved from the Cub Nursery into The Cub House when he showed by his behavior that…