More TV Coverage for ABR
Due to the recent unfortunate incident in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, when a visitor and a bear had an encounter resulting in the bear’s death, ABR and the…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
ABR NEEDS YOUR HELP, NOW!
Since we posted the most recent information about the number of small, orphaned bears at ABR, that number has grown. Another underweight yearling was admitted over the April 17-18 weekend. This…
A sad bear tale
Katherine Tucker is a talented artist and photographer who lives in Sevierville, TN. You may recall that she donated the proceeds of her raffle of a signed and numbered print…
Two tiny yearlings at ABR
Recently, ABR admitted several undernourished, depleted, yearlings (cubs born in January, 2009). By this time, these bears should weigh at least 50 pounds. Instead, this bear, from Polk County TN, only…
Walton County FL needs bearproof garbage cans
Yes, even in the Florida panhandle, bears enjoy getting into garbage to find easy food. This article relates the story of a bear finding his dinner in a trash container, and…
Real coexistence!
A family in New Jersey discovered they had another family sharing their home, albeit underneath their own space. When it was found that the female bear denning under their deck…
ABR plans Black Bear Expo!
Inspired by the Florida Black Bear Festival, we are planning our own educational event, Black Bear Expo, which will be held at the Visitor Center in Townsend, TN on Saturday,…
Florida Black Bear Festival
We traveled to Umatilla, FL to attend the 11th annual Florida Black Bear Festival, held on Saturday, March 27th. It was awesome! Everything you needed to know about bears was…
Saving a bear cub
In late November, 2009, a small cub was admitted to Appalachian Bear Rescue by TWRA officers. The female cub was severely dehydrated and malnourished and she also suffered from an…
More about Yona
There has been a lot of excitement about the orphaned cub, now yearling, raised at ABR and now living at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. Here…