Lazy Yearlings
As time passes and the weather stays cold and damp, the ABR yearlings are doing a lot of snoozing and resting. For example, here are the Christmas Yearlings, napping in…
A Blustery Day
What do bears do on a blustery, windy day? Mostly they sleep. Bears don’t like wind because it interferes with their two most important senses – smell and hearing. So…
Christmas Yearlings Play
Although we’ve reported on the increasingly long rest/snooze periods of the yearlings, today we see them engaging in play as they wrestle a bit, chase, and play with the Christmas…
Good Bears!
The yearlings show good bear behavior. Their mothers were teaching them well. An example is our little CranBeary, as he exits his den to use the “facilities.” Cubs are taught…
CranBeary and his Den
The three Christmas Yearlings are adjusting well to their new home in Wild Enclosure #3. They spend some time together, but also separate to do their own thing in the…
Snooze, Nap, Rest, Repeat
The four yearlings at ABR are showing classic signs of pre-hibernation behavior. They take longer and longer naps, between their foraging sessions. The Christmas Yearlings are excavating the rock den…
Happy Yearling Birthday!
Today (January 22) is the day that ABR has designated as the official birth date of all bears who come to us for care. This means that today our four…
Settling In
As we shared in our last post, the three Christmas cubs are now outside in Wild Enclosure #3. It’s a new experience for them, but they seem to be adjusting…
All Quiet at ABR
Things have settled down and it is calm at ABR now that most of the cubs have returned to their wild homes. We hope they are all doing well, and…
The Four Cubs
After all the recent releases, the cub population at ABR is down to just four. Nettles Bear is in Wild Enclosure #4, and we are quite sure she is happy…