Report from Wilderness Wildlife Week
Today we are in Pigeon Forge where Wilderness Wildlife Week is going strong. Our ABR booth is attracting a lot of attention, and the volunteers staffing the table are busy answering…
Wilderness Wildlife Week!
The 22nd annual Wilderness Wildlife Week event will take place from January 7-14 in Pigeon Forge, TN at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center. This is a premier event…
Garland’s new digs
Remember the two very small cubs who arrived about the time that the big cubs were being released back into the wild? Benji, after spending time in a convalesence pen,…
Release story and pictures – Chapter 1
We promised last month that when we were able to post photos of the release, on December 19th, of 11 of our ABR cubs, we would do so. Here they…
Release story and pictures – Chapter 2
The officers move the bear by carrying it on a litter to the workup area. The first order of business there is to weigh the animal. The 11 bears released…
Release story and pictures – Chapter 3
Previously, we showed you how the bear was darted and moved to the workup area. These photos show the procedure for the workup. Numbered eartags are applied to each of…
Release story and pictures – Last chapter
After the darting, the moving of the bear from the Wild Side encloure up the hill to the workup area, and the workup itself, detailed in previous posts, the still-sleeping…
In the Wild Side Crib
We told you that the current residents of the Wild Side Crib are Lucy, Apple, Rupert, Cade, and Barrett. Here are a couple of photos of some of these cubs.…
Christmas Trees for Cubs
The good folks at the Village Market IGA in Townsend have donated their unsold Christmas trees to ABR for the cubs’ amusement. The trees provide enrichment to the environment, and…
A Pile of Cubs
Look at these little cubs, all piled into one of the culvert dens! With the heaps of straw for them to use in making their nests, they can be cozy…