Peanut Conquers the Tire Bridge!
Bears are very intelligent and curious animals. As such, they need to be stimulated and challenged when in a captive situation, Although ABR is only a temporary home for our…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
Territories for Cubs
Bears are basically solitary animals. Each bear in the wild has a territory that he or she claims as his/her own. Our cubs have their own “territories,” or parts of…
Update on Two Cubs
With 13 cubs on site at ABR, we have to take updates and photos when we can. Here are photos taken of two of the more recent arrivals, Charley B,…
Cubs in Wild Enclosure II
As promised, we will look at the 7 orphaned bear cubs in the other Wild Enclosure, which we are calling Wild Enclosure II. This enclosure houses Juliette and her sister…
Cubs in Wild Enclosure I
Now that we have 13 cubs residing at ABR, we will sort out which cubs are in which enclosure. Today we focus on the 6 cubs in one enclosure. Tomorrow…
Sola Bear in Wild Enclosure
The curators observed Sola for several hours and then seeing that she was eating and drinking as she should, decided to release her into the Wild Enclosure the very next…
Cub #215 – a Sad Story
We ended our last post wondering if ABR would receive any more orphaned cubs. The answer was yes, in fact the very next day, in the middle of the night,…
Two More Orphaned Cubs!
This is proving to be an unusual year for Appalachian Bear Rescue. On August 7th, we received two more orphaned cubs. Cub #213, nicknamed Ellis Bear, and his brother Cub…
Another Pool Party
Bonnie Blue, Ridgeway and Marvin enjoy hanging out at their pool in the Wild Enclosure. Here are some great photos taken by our designated photographer, Ken LaValley. The first one…
Beautiful Portrait of Noli Bear
Just one image today, but it is a beautiful portrait of little Noli Bear (Cub #207). As you may recall, she was the cub rescued by rafting guides when she…