Portraits of #213 – Ellis and #214 – Charley B. Bear
The two brothers arrived at ABR in early August, and as healthy cubs of proper weights they were released into the Wild Enclosure right away. They are residing with #208-Juliette…
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Portraits of Sola Bear
Ken LaValley, our designated photographer is the only person beside the curators who is permitted to take pictures of the cubs at ABR. With his professional equipment and zoom lenses…
Two Brothers
ABR cubs #213 (Ellis Bear) and #214 (Charley B. Bear) arrived on August 7th. They share a Wild Enclosure with Juliette, Summer, Pansy, Petal and Peanut. All of the cubs…
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…
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,…