Two More Cubs – #236 and #237!
At Appalachian Bear Rescue, the New Year came in with a bang! On December 30, we received Cub #236 nicknamed Milo Bear and on December 31, Cub #237 nicknamed Happy…
Update on Zellie Bear and Others
Zellie Bear, the tiny cub who arrived two days before Christmas, is doing well in The Cub House. She is eating everything that is provided for her. The curators don’t…
Cub Updates
We start today with a photo of little Zellie Bear, our newest arrival, in The Cub House. She is eating well and is cleaning her dish, eating the medicine-laced applesauce…
Cub #235 – Zellie Bear!
ABR received an early Christmas gift, just two days before the holiday with the arrival of Cub #235, nicknamed Zellie Bear. She is a tiny female cub, eleven months old…
Happy Birthday, Cubs!
Well, it isn’t really their birthday – but it is their 11-month “birthday” as we figure it at ABR. Since we aren’t sure about the actual dates on which the…
Cubs in the Wild Enclosures
All sixteen of our cubs are in a Wild Enclosure where they have choices about trees, culvert dens, and food. The three groups of cubs behave differently, even though all…
Rufus Bear and “Cubs for Kids”
In the Mission Statement for Appalachian Bear Rescue, education is a major goal. We feel that in order to keep bears safe and thriving people need to be educated about…
Cubs in the Rain
It was a very rainy, cold day. The cubs at ABR might have retreated into one of the culvert dens to weather the storm, but instead they stayed up in…
Apple = Dinner Bell to Cubs
The sound of an apple falling in the Wild Enclosure is like a dinner bell to the cubs, especially to the smallest cubs in Wild Enclosure 1. Here we have…
A Tale of 3 Enclosures
We are experiencing an unusual set of circumstances this year. If you have followed our blog or the Facebook page, you know that the cubs who came to us earlier…