Yearlings Released! Part 4
In this post we report on two more yearlings released within the last week. Linus Bear and Otis Bear went back into the wild on April 14th. This is a…
Bear #253 Arrives!
Just as ABR was releasing healthy, plump yearlings back into the wild, on April 16th ABR received Bear #253, a yearling male. Wildlife officers had tried for a week to…
Yearlings Released! (Part 3)
In the last two posts, we shared the good news about the release of seven of the yearlings back into the wild. Today we’ll tell you about four more. These…
Yearlings Released! (Part 2)
In our last post we reported on the release of four of our yearlings on April 11, 2016. Today we will share with you the release of three more healthy…
Yearlings Released! (part 1)
On April 11, 12, and 13 most of the 25 yearlings at ABR were released for their second chance in the wild. This will be a long post, as we…
Finnegan’s Weaning Bowl
If our little two-and-a-half-month-old black bear cub, Finnegan Bear, were still in the wild with his mother she would not begin to wean him for several more months. As a…
Finnegan Bear on the Attack!
Finnegan Bear is the two-month-old black bear cub currently housed in the Cub Nursery at Appalachian Bear Rescue. He arrived almost a month ago, weighing just 2.9 pounds. Now, after…
Finnegan’s Formula
The two-month-old black bear cub being cared for at ABR has grown since his arrival, thanks to the rich bear replacement formula. We reported on Curator Coy’s clever “Cub Feeder,”…
Finnegan and His Cub Feeder
Recently, we showed you the very creative invention that Curator Coy devised to allow Finnegan to get his bear milk replacement formula without having to be held. This is very…
Bears, Pears and Play – New Video
Is there anything cuter or more appealing than black bear cubs and yearlings? It seems to us that they are absolutely appealing as they go about their business of being…