Birthday Portrait of April Bear
As you may recall, ABR has chosen January 22 as the “official birthday” of all of the bear cubs and yearlings that come to us for care. This means that…
April Bear and Her Ball
April Bear is really enjoying the ball that Curator Tom brought to her. She plays with it quite a bit. Today we have a photo taken rather late in the…
April Bear and Her New Ball
As you know, the curators usually provide a stuffed toy companion to tiny cubs,, but since April Bear is a yearling, they did not give one to her. That was…
Watching April Bear
The cams that ABR installed thanks to a grant from Lush Cosmetics allow the curators to monitor the activities of our injured yearling, April Bear. As a bonus, we get…
April Bear in Evening
Our injured yearling, #267 (April Bear) has adjusted well to her situation at ABR. The curators report that she has finished her meds and they are leaving the door to…
April Bear – Making Progress
The injured yearling bear, nicknamed April, has been at ABR for almost a week now, and is making progress toward recovery. She has demonstrated a preference for being outside in…
April Bear in the Recovery Center
Our first bear of 2018, nicknamed April, was hit by a car on the spur road through the park and suffered broken ribs. The vets at the UT College of…
Here’s April Bear!
A few days ago we posted that ABR received the first bear for 2018, and that we’d post a photo as soon as we could. Here is the female yearling,…
The Best Bear Den Ever
ABR Head Curator Coy Blair has been hiking into the back country to retrieve dropped collars. He will tell you that sometimes it is a real challenge, but recently he…
Where Are the Bears?
It’s January. Bears in the Smokies and throughout the country are in dens. Mother bears will soon give birth to the cubs of 2018. Bear cubs are born in the…