Three Little Valentines!
On Valentines Day, ABR received the first cubs of 2021! It’s much too early, of course, but a large sow had denned in the crawl space under a house. The…
Releases – One More Time
With the last of our bears having been released, there aren’t any cubs or yearlings to tell about, but today we do have a unique opportunity for you to witness…
Marmalade and Aralia Released
Let’s look back at the last two little yearlings who were released on February 2, 2021. Marmalade Bear was rescued in Kentucky after a traffic accident took her mother and…
Clover Bear – July to February
We will take the three yearlings one at a time, and review their lives at ABR and the final workups for release, which happened today, February 2, 2021. First up…
Getting Ready
The time has come for our three yearlings to return to the wild, where they belong. The curators have coordinated with TWRA (for Aralia) and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (for…
What’s New?
With the three remaining 2020 cubs, now yearlings, sharing Wild Enclosure #4, let’s see what is going on with them. Aralia is back to her pacing routine. Even though it’s…
Different Choices
Just as is true of humans, bears are different and make their own choices of sleeping arrangements, activities, and socializing. Clover is very social, although she entertained herself in Hartley…
Three Yearlings
As you know, our bear population now stands at 3. The two KY girls and the TN girl just became officially yearlings a couple of days ago, and they are…
Clover and Aralia Bear
In our last post we showed how Marmalade Bear was moved into Wild Enclosure #4. Then, Clover and Aralia were moved to join her, finally getting out of the Hartley…
Moving Day for Three Bears
It was a very busy day for curators and an exciting one for our three cubs/now yearlings. Everybody moved to new quarters! The curators finished up the work they had…