Heather Bear – First Night Outside
After her three weeks in the ABR Recovery Center, where she was not able to stand or climb, Heather Bear had a good night outdoors. The curators monitored her closely…
After her three weeks in the ABR Recovery Center, where she was not able to stand or climb, Heather Bear had a good night outdoors. The curators monitored her closely…
As you know if you have been following ABR, we have designated January 22 as the birthday of all cubs and yearlings who come to ABR for care. The date…
The bear cubs at ABR play rough! They are very hard on the enclosures and the enrichment items that the curators provide to keep them busy and occupied during their…
On August 19, Dr. Cushing and his team of vets from the University of Tennessee paid another house call to ABR, to check on the progress of injured yearling Heather…
The cubs at ABR are, indeed,chubbifying (getting chonky, if you prefer). In other words, they are eating a LOT and spending many hours in pursuit of chubbiness. Unlike humans, who…
As we have seen during the last few days, the ABR bear cubs are showing signs of hyperphagia, the annual feeding frenzy that causes bears of every age to eat…
We have a sequence of photos from Wild Enclosure #3 – the home of the “T” cubs. Taco, who was the first one to arrive at ABR in May, was…
If you have followed ABR or if you’re familiar with a black bear’s life cycle, you know that every year in late summer through fall they enter a state called…
Dr. Cushing, a veterinarian from the UT College of Veterinary Medicine, came to visit Heather Bear at the Recovery Center. It has been a week since her rescue, and he…
All of the thirteen bears (12 cubs, 1 yearling) at ABR are doing very well. Here are some pictures to prove it. Most of our photos are taken by the…