Four Arkansas Cubs Return Home
In mid-December, ABR’s four recent cubs from Arkansas were released by Arkansas wildlife officials. The week before their release, Lisa prepared them for travel in weather she described as a…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
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Louisiana Cubs Return Home!
On Saturday, November 8th the Louisiana wildlife officers came to reclaim the two cubs they had brought to ABR last May. The photo below shows the workup on one of…
Ft. Craig School Kindergarten Project for ABR
The kindergarten classes at Ft. Craig School in Maryville, TN have been collecting apples and acorns for the bear cubs at Appalachian Bear Rescue. Education volunteers Anne Allison and Kathy…
2008 Cubs at ABR
In May, ABR received a pair of 4-month-old cubs, both females, from Louisiana. One of these cubs weighed 7 pounds, and the other weighed 5.8 pounds. Several weeks later, as the cubs grew, it was…
Mountain National Bank
On behalf of ABR, we would like to extend thanks to Mountain National Bank for being a sponser for The 10K Rocket Run. Founded in 1998 Mountain National Bank (a.k.a.…
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On behalf of ABR, we wish to thank Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for being a sponser for The 10K Rocket Run. Organized in 1993, Friends of Great…
Jackson Mountain Homes
On behalf of ABR, we would like to thank Jackson Mountain Homes for being a sponser of the 10K Rocket Run. Jackson Mountain Homes, Inc. is a real estate firm…
Kramer-Rayson LLP
On behalf of ABR, we wish to thank Kramer-Rayson LLP for being one of the sponsors for The 10K Rocket Run. Established in 1948 by the late Russell Reed Kramer,…
ABR Bear Update
In mid-June, Precious Little Miracle joined the residents at ABR. Again, Miracle was probably orphaned soon after exiting the den with his mother, but he did not fare well on…
Membership has its Privledges. Membership has it’s responsibilities
I’m hopeful that many of the people who read this newsletter (which was created, written, produced and mailed by thoughtful donations) take the initiative to JOIN ABR. We NEED you…