Big Day for Star and Joy Bear!
Our two most recent arrivals, Cub #242 (Star Bear) and 243 (Joy Bear) have been released into Wild Enclosure 3, where the smallest cubs (oops – yearlings) are residing. They…
Herbie and Derby Bear
As we have stated before, the curators can only take photos of the yearlings who make themselves visible. The photos are taken when the curator goes to feed the bears,…
Cedar Bear Climbs! and Otis in Snow
The ABR curators were excited when Cedar Bear, the yearling who arrived recently with a head wound and has been recovering in a pen in the garage, actually climbed up…
Snow is Deeper but Bears Don’t Mind
The snow has continued to fall and the ABR yearlings continue to stay in their trees for the most part, although we have a photo of Snowflake Bear high-stepping through…
Cubs Become Yearlings!
This is the assumed, official birthday of our ABR cubs. Black bear cubs are born between mid-January and mid-February, so we use January 22nd as the birthday for our cubs. …
Cubs in Snow
It snowed pretty hard (for Tennessee) and we would have thought that the cubs in the Wild Enclosures would hunker down in one of the dens to get out of…
Cubs #242 and 243 – and Snowflake’s New Digs
It’s true – ABR received two more cubs from separate locations in Blount County. Cub #242, nicknamed Star Bear for the white blaze on her chest, weighed in at 18.1…
New Photos of Cubs
As busy as they are looking after the nineteen cubs in residence at ABR, the curators still manage to get photos for us to share. The only time they are…
Cubs in Wild Enclosure 1, Cedar and Snowflake
The weather has turned cold – like real winter weather! We have wondered if the cubs will use the various dens placed in the enclosures for their use. We had…
A Sad Goodbye
We are very sad to post the news that our recent arrival, the severely injured Cub #140 (Zoe Bear) who was housed in The Cub House, re-broke the leg that…