Happy Outcome for Peace Bear!
As we reported, wildlife officers (TWRA and GSMNP) were looking for a suitable foster mother for our wee little cub. Fortune smiled on them when they found a denning female…
Bottle Feeding Peace Bear
As you probably know, ABR admitted the first cub of 2022 on March 4th. We have a video that shows his first night, when Curator Coy bottle fed the tiny…
News Flash – First Cub of 2022!
The first cub to arrive at ABR in 2022 was admitted on March 4th. It is a male Cub of the Year, born in January, so he is about 7…
Cub House Update
Today we have another Facebook Live for you. This one was on Zoom, and features both Curator Tori and Curator Coy. They show the most recent progress on The Cub…
Barbed Wire and Bears
As you know, the enclosures at ABR are surrounded with chain link fencing, topped with barbed wire and electrified wire. Sounds like an awful lot of “stuff,” doesn’t it? In…
Protecting the Saplings
As you know, bear cubs and yearlings are notoriously hard on the saplings that are growing in the Wild Enclosures. They delight in bending them and seeing them spring back…
The Cub House – Then and Now
As you know, work is being done to upgrade The Cub House, which was built in 2014. The curators learned a lot from that structure that was planned and executed…
Valentine’s Day Update
The work is continuing at the ABR facility, and will continue until we admit the first bear or cub of 2022. Good news for today was that the footers for…
Update on Facility Work
Today we have an update on what is going on at the ABR facility where, as you know, they have begun work on Wild Enclosure #5. This is a Facebook…
Cubs of 2021 – Cub Class Chart
To help everyone remember the cubs (and yearling) of 2021, we are posting the Cub Class Chart. This chart lists all of the bears who actually resided at ABR during…