Finnegan Loves to Eat!
Finnegan Bear, the four-month-old cub currently residing at ABR is eating all of the nutritious food that the curators provide. That’s why he has grown from a 2.9 ounce cub…
Lucinda and Finnegan Bear
Lucinda Bear has spent a couple of days and nights in the Acclimation Pen at ABR. She seems to be settling in and so far is not showing signs of…
Snoozing Yearlings
Skipper, Alonzo and Wily Bear are in Wild Enclosure #4, where they spend their time snoozing in trees when they aren’t on the ground, foraging. Today we have photos of…
ABR Bear #255!
It’s true – Appalachian Bear Rescue received another needy yearling bear. It is a very small female, weighing just 18 pounds at the age of sixteen months. By contrast, our…
Finnegan in Acclimation Pen (and Milo)
A couple of days ago, the ABR curator got some really good photos of our little four-month-old cub, Finnegan Bear in the Acclimation Pen. These images show that Finnegan is…
It’s That Time of the Month
Appalachian Bear Rescue has designated January 22nd as the “official birthday” of cubs or yearlings that come to us. All bear cubs are born between the middle of January and…
Milo and Wily Bear
Today we have photos of two of our yearlings in their Wild Enclosures. Milo is in Wild Enclosure #3, so that no other yearling can get to the treats that…
Finnegan and Milo Bear
Today we feature two of the bears at ABR – Finnegan, the three-month-old cub and Milo, the uncooperative fifteen-month-old yearling. Finnegan is adjusting well to his Acclimation Pen. Here are…
Trees as Daycare Centers
For black bear cubs and yearlings, trees are extraordinarily important. In the wild, sows will send their cubs up a tree to wait while Mom goes off to forage. She…
Finnegan and Wily Bear
Finnegan Bear, our three-month-old cub is currently spending his time in the Acclimation Pen adjacent to The Cub House. After his initial, less-than-enthusiastic response to this new, outdoor space, he…