ABR plans big event!
ABR is planning the signature fundraising event, our Bear Necessities Dinner and Auction, which will be held at The Barn Event Center in Townsend, TN on Friday, September 21st. The…
No Bears? What now for ABR?
Yes, it’s true – Little Bit was the last bear (for now) and with her release, ABR is now able to work on the facility, including getting the bear enclosures…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 4 – Wild and Free!
As we reported in “Little Bit’s Release -Part 3,” Little Bit spent time in a cooled building near Park Headquarters, to await the time for her actual release into her…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 3 – Into the Truck
Back to the story of Little Bit and her journey to freedom in the wild. The next step in the release process was to load her into the cage on…
We interrupt the Little Bit Release Saga to introduce. . .
ABR is proud to announce that we have hired a new, fulltime curator, Coy Blair! Blair graduated Magna Cum Laude from Maryville College in 2009 with a degree in Biology.…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 2 – The Workup
The workup process is somewhat involved, because the wildlife officers (in this case, NPS officers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) want to be absolutely sure that the bear (in…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 1 – Preparation for Workup
As promised, here is the first of our posts on the release of Little Bit Bear, which took place on June 28th, six weeks after she arrived, tiny and injured. …
Little Bit’s Final Portraits at ABR
As we showed you in our last post, Little Bit has healed well and looks really good. Her release date was set for June 28th, and we will show you…
Doesn’t Little Bit Look Great?
Little Bit was admitted to ABR by wildlife officers from The Great Smoky Mountains National Park on May 17 with a serious wound on her snout. You can read about her…
Loretta’s story continues (Release Part IV)
Bump, bump, bumpity bump…it was a rough ride deep into the National Park. It was hot, and between bumps Rose and I were trying our best to wake up. [Yawn!]…