Peek-a-Boo Cubs
The foliage and underbrush in the Wild Enclosure is lush. We are glad of that, but it does make the cubs harder to spot when the curator is down near…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
Three Cubs and a Crow
The three cubs were foraging not far from each other. It seems that the curator’s strategy to get them closer to each other by throwing food in one part of…
More Crows
In the last post we told about crows that frightened Eliza Bear and caused her to stay very close to a tree for safety. There were nine of those crows,…
Cubs and Crows
Since ABR is located in a forested area close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we often have other critters who visit. Some, like the crows in today’s post,…
Hiding Cubs
On their six-month assumed birthday (ABR assigns the date of January 22, which is midway in the possible birthdays of new cubs) our three little cubs chose to hide from…
C’mon Cubs,Get Together!
We have reported that the three cubs in Wild Enclosure #4, Finnegan, Andy and Eliza, have not been seen playing together or associating with one another. Andy and his sister…
Three Little Cubs
Since Lucinda Bear was released our bear population at ABR is now three cubs – siblings Andy and Eliza and solo cub Finnegan. While we have hoped the three would…
The Rest of the Story – Lucinda’s Release
Computer issues delayed this post, but here it is at last – the rest of Lucinda’s release story. Lucinda arrived at ABR on May 24th. She was a very underweight…
Preview – Lucinda Released to the Wild!
You may wonder why “preview.” It’s because we are going to show one photo, of yearling Lucinda Bear coming out of the transport cage on the truck today. There are…
Three Cubs Foraging
Curator Janet was able to confirm what the curators had thought, that Eliza and Andy Bear were, indeed, coming down from their tree to forage. She was able to take…