ABR Bear Update
ABR assists injured and orphaned Tennessee bears and black bears from other states. This year, ABR has been pleased to assist officers from Louisiana, Arkansas and South Carolina who have…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
Bears Love the Beach Too
In Hancock County Mississippi, the local resident are seeing some very odd out-of-towners. While residents are seeing so many bears for the first time, experts in the area say they…
Exciting News From Florida
The Florida Government recently bought 1,135 acres in the Northeast Florida county of Nassau. This is part of the Florida Forever initiative that will eventually cover 146,000 acres and span…
Spring Is In The Air
It may only be the beginning of a beautiful spring, but the black bears of Lake Tahoe in Nevada are already waking up from their restful winters. The story doesn’t…
Holiday Gift Membership Campaign
For as long as I’ve been on the board (and that has been a while), one fall fund-raiser was that ABR (by arrangement with a Michigan company) sold holiday Christmas…
ABR Educational Outreach In North Carolina
North Carolina has a population of coastal bears in Eastern North Carolina and mountain bears in Western North Carolina. The coastal population is one of the highest densities in North…
Killing’s Not Always the Right Answer
The Utah Division of Wildlife Services recently proposed to increase the number of bear hunting permits in response to the growing number of bear-human contacts. Many times, the conflicts are…
Bear X-ing in Mississippi
Mississippi is home to somewhere between 80 and 100 black bears. Biologists have tagged 8 with GPS collars, and they are tracked and monitored regularly. Over the past 2 years…
Bears Investigate Florida Church
The First Baptist Church in Astor, Florida have some new members. The family of bears have visited every night for the past week. Evidently, they are eager to join. While…
Pennsylvania Short on Black Bears
The bear harvest season usually bring a lot of hustle to the Pennsylvania Game Commission employees and volunteers. But this year they seem to be drinking more coffee than processing…