Scenes from Wild Enclosure
Bennie, Jerry, and Carrie Bear, our 3 SC cubs, are thriving in the Wild Enclosure, where they are learning to be wild bears. Our creative curators, no longer “up close…
Cub Treats
Mother bears teach their cubs about foods as they go through the seasons. Since the ABR cubs don’t have the benefit of a mother’s teaching, our curators offer many different…
Cubs and Trees – a Great Combination
Our wonderful curators are very inventive in their ability to capture photos of Bennie, Jerry, and Carrie even though the threesome is in the Wild Enclosure where they can’t see…
Cubs Eat, Wrestle, and Play
Here is a short video, filmed by Curators Coy and Janet, that shows our SC cubs doing what cubs do. Janet made up some “almond tubes,” which are paper towel…
Growing Cubs Love to Eat!
Our SC cubs (Bennie, Jerry, and Carrie) are thriving in the Wild Enclosure. They are foraging for the foods that our curators throw over the fence for them, and are…
Carrie Bear Grooms Herself
Here is a wonderful sequence of photos that our curators took, showing Carrie Bear grooming. Bears groom themselves to get rid of ticks and to keep their fur clean. In…
Food for Cubs
Curator Coy is really working on providing natural foods for the cubs. Just the other day, he found some wasp nests, and very carefully removed them from the surface to…
Three TN Bears
The three TN bears, Boston, Oscar, and Annie, are in the acclimation pen, their last stop before they are released into the Wild Enclosure. These three are eating plenty of…
Three Little Bears in the Wild Enclosure
Here are some recent photos, taken by our curators, of the three SC bears foraging for the food that has been thrown over the fence into the Wild Enclosure. They…
Cubs + Watermelon = Summer Fun
The Townsend IGA donated some watermelon for the cubs. Although the 3 TN bears (Boston, Annie, and Oscar) were not interested, the SC threesome (Bennie, Jerry, and Carrie) dug right…