Home to Kentucky!
On October 18, 2015 Cub #218 arrived. He was nicknamed Derby Bear, because he was from Kentucky. He weighed 26 pounds back then, and was too small to have survived…
Can You Believe? Bear #251 Arrives!
Just when we thought that we had received our last needy yearling, TWRA Officer Gene Parker notified Curator Janet that he would meet her at the University of Tennessee College…
Yearling Portraits
Every so often, ABR’s photographer of record comes by to take professional “portraits” of the bears. These are taken not only for the aesthetic value but because the high resolution…
Herbie Bear is Released!
Bear #232 – Herbie Bear – arrived at ABR in December, 2015. He wasn’t as malnourished as the bears that came later, but, at 27.5 pounds he was too small…
Curator Janet on TV
A Knoxville TV station featured an interview with ABR Curator Janet Dalton. We think you will want to see it and find out about her other job as principal of…
Big Little Yearlings
The 27 yearling bears currently living at ABR are continuing to thrive. Most of them are looking very chubby. Of course, the winter coats they have grown now make them…
Cecilia Bear has Surgery
Cecilia Bear (#250) had done so well that the curators were ready to release her into a Wild Enclosure. But then they noticed a swelling on the side of her…
Tiny Tim is Not so Tiny
Tiny Tim Bear arrived at ABR in November as a 10-month-old cub, weighing just 11 pounds. He was one of the first of the very small almost-yearlings we have received…
ABR Bears – Hard to Identify
As the yearling bears get older and larger, it becomes harder to pick out the distinguishing characteristics that used to be obvious. Therefore, it is harder to tell them apart. …
The Bears are 13 Months Old!
ABR has designated January 22nd as our cubs “official birthday,” because the date falls in the middle of the time period (mid January to mid February) when black bear cubs…