Cubs on Cyber Monday
The bear cubs at ABR (or anywhere else) aren’t into cyber anything. The bears’ equivalent of the internet is the various ways they have to communicate and send messages, mainly…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
Persimmon is Thriving
You may remember that Persimmon Bear, our most recent arrival, was injured when hit by a car. The accident left her with broken ribs and a damaged lung, and her…
No Intruder Today!
The day after Ms. Intruder Bear visited, ate a large helping of the cubs’ chopped peanuts, and was removed and relocated by TWRA, the cubs carried on as usual. They…
Persimmon Bear and a Leaf
Here is a short but amusing video of Persimmon Bear at night, trying to rid herself of a pesky leaf. When she gets rid of the leaf you’ll hear the…
Excitement at ABR!
As they watched the cubs in their enclosures on the camera display in the office, Curators Coy and David noticed something odd – the Six-pack cubs were on their platform,…
Early Christmas Present for Cubs
The ABR cubs received an early Christmas present from Catawba Brewing Company. The gift was 840 pounds of chopped peanuts! Since chopped nuts wouldn’t scatter well, the curators put bowls…
Portrait of Persimmon Bear
Ken LaValley, ABR’s photographer of record came by and took a beautiful photo of Persimmon Bear. Persimmon has only been at ABR for a few weeks, and was seriously injured…
Chubby, Fluffy Bears
The cold weather has given us cubs with fluffy coats of winter fur. This makes them look even fatter than their increased chubbiness from all the foraging. It is…
ABR Bears and their Habits
Just like humans, bears have habitual ways of behaving. We have some photos that demonstrate this. We can see how the bears reveal their habitual patterns of behavior. They…
The Tire Bridge
One of the enrichment features of Wild Enclosure #4 is the Tire Bridge that was constructed during our “no bears” season. The enclosure cam shows that the cubs really do…