Hops is Gaining Weight!
When Hops Bear arrived at ABR on April 12th he weighed just 2.64 pounds. We’ve seen how he has taken to the bottle of bear milk replacement formula and the…
Hops is Making Progress
The little bear cub at ABR, #333, Hops Bear, is making progress. He has gained weight and registered 3 pounds, 2 ounces on the 17th. The curators report that he…
Active Hops Bear Cub
Hops Bear is gaining strength and ability to move around in his pen each day. Today we present a Facebook Live video by Curator Tori. He is exploring his pen,…
Hops Bear Trains Curators
After just a few days at ABR, little Hops Bear has trained the curators to do his bidding! He awakens when his tummy tells him it’s time to eat, and…
Hops Bear in Action
Today we have a video of our tiny new cub, Hops Bear (#333) in The Cub Nursery at ABR. This video is from the Facebook Live with Curator Tory; she…
Hops Bear in Cub Nursery
We promised to post more about the tiny little bear cub (#333 – Hops Bear) who arrived at ABR just yesterday. After his checkup at UTCVM he was introduced to…
Bear #333 Arrives at ABR!
On April 12, 2021, a tiny cub was rescued in the Big South Fork National Recreation Area. On April 11th, he was spotted by a hiker who reported the cub…
A Tour with Curator Matthew
Not long ago we shared a tour of Enclosures #1 and 2, in which Curator Quanah joined Curator Janet to show how the two enclosures have been readied for this…
Inside a Bear Den- 3
The segment for today was filmed just one week after the last one, but as you’ll see, the den is getting very crowded, and the cubs are showing that they…
Inside a Den – 2
Our last post was a link to a video taken inside a black bear’s den in 2013 by the North American Bear Center’s Bear Study Group. As we said, the…