The Beary Triplets
The Beary Triplets are sharing a Wild Enclosure with Beignet. They all sleep on the platform, but it seems that the Triplets are close together, with Beignet a bit apart.…
Cubs in Wild Enclosure #2
It doesn’t happen often, but this was a day when none of the bears appeared on camera for the curators to see (and save for us to share). It was…
Brave Little Dandelion
Dandelion is the smallest of the ten cubs at ABR. When you see her with any of the others, her small size stands out. Boudreaux, on the other had, is…
Lucky Thirteen
As you know, ABR is now caring for thirteen bears – ten cubs and three yearlings. Everyone is doing well, as today’s photos will show. We start with Wild Enclosure…
Funny Little Dandelion
Dandelion Bear is the smallest of the ten ABR cubs. She is noticeably smaller than all of the others, but that doesn’t stop her. She is a busy little bear,…
A Move for Boudreaux
The move was unexpected – sort of. The curators thought it would be good for the cubs in Wild Enclosures #1 and #2 to have access to both enclosures, so…
Checking on the Bears
Wild Enclosure #2: the Trio (Bentley, Dandelion, Jessamine) and the new girls (Bluebelle, Marigold) are sharing the enclosure, but so far have not made contact. Both groups of cubs are…
All Cubs Outside
Our two most recent orphaned cubs, Bluebelle and Marigold, were admitted on July 5th. As we posted then, they were in the Acclimation Pen for Wild Enclosure #2, where the…
In the Wild Enclosures
With everyone in Wild Enclosures, we can see what they are doing thanks to the enclosure cams. ABR photographer Ken LaValley came by thinking he’d get photos of the Trio…
Two More Bear Cubs!
On July 5th, TWRA officers rescued a cub who survived an accident that killed her mother near Gatlinburg. She is ABR Bear #296 and is nicknamed Bluebelle Bear. Later that…