Tartan and Taco Bear
Tartan Bear, the yearling, has switched his sleeping place recently. Instead of sleeping on the resting platform, he is now choosing to sleep up in a tree. It’s his choice…
A New Month at ABR
To start off the month of June, we will check in on both of the ABR bears. First is Tartan Yearling, out in Wild Enclosure #2. After sleeping…
Revisiting Tartan Bear
After the recent adventures of Taco Cub and the Alien Artifact, we thought it was time to check back in with Tartan Yearling. Tartan is enjoying his life in Wild…
Taco Bear and Alien – part 2
We wondered if Taco Bear would make contact with the Alien Artifact, but circumstances intervened, so we didn’t get to find out if he would overcome his timidity after a…
Taco Bear and the”Alien”
This is an enjoyable story about Taco and a treat ball that the curators provided to challenge him. It is important to stimulate him mentally while he is developing physically.…
Taco Bear on the Balance Beam
As we know, the curators have to clean up after Taco Bear several times a day. Yesterday, after Curator Coy collected the remains of the culvert den cover (destroyed by…
Tartan Remodels a Den
We often see our bears, especially the yearlings, deciding to remodel various things in their enclosures. Tartan got into the act by working on a culvert den. Yearlings are very…
Taco’s New Climby Thing
Four month old Taco Bear is such an energetic little cub, the curators moved a couple of new climby things into the Hartley House as a challenge for him. He…
Happy Birthday to Our Bears!
Yesterday was the “official ABR birthday” of Tartan and Taco Bear. January 22nd has been designated as the birthdate of every bear who comes to ABR. That means that Tartan…
Sleeping Bears
Both Tartan the yearling and Taco the cub are champion snoozers. Each of them can be found several times during the day sleeping. We can’t blame Tartan Bear, because it’s…