What’s New?
Sycamore Bear is looking much better, and has been more alert and active recently. Here is a photo that Curator Janet took a couple of days ago. It rained again,…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
On a Rainy Day
When it rains, the cubs usually take to the trees, where they feel safest. This rainy day was no exception, no cubs could be seen on the enclosure cams but…
Visiting Cubs
Aralia Bear is in the Hartley House, and the cubs in Wild Enclosure #1 are curious about a discovery they made. They discovered that the drainage flaps at the floor…
Cubby Birthday!
Every month we celebrate the ABR birthday of our residents. On September 22nd, our cubs had their 8-month birthday while the yearlings had their 20-month birthday. Let the party begin!
Sociable Yearlings!
We have seen the three yearlings in Wild Enclosure #4 keeping their social distance from each other, and as we’ve said, that is normal for yearlings, who have been dispersed…
Marmalade
Marmalade Bear is one of the eight-month-old cubs residing at ABR. She is one of seven cubs in Wild Enclosure #2. Though she was timid at first, and hesitated to…
Sycamore Bear
Sycamore (ABR BEAR #325) is the very sick and underweight yearling bear currently living in the Red Roof Recovery Center. The curators gave him something extra special – a honey…
Updates
We will start today’s post with an update on our sick little Sycamore Bear. He is now in the Red Roof Recovery Center, where he has the use of both…
Sick Little Sycamore
A few days ago we posted about Bear #325 (Sycamore Bear) who arrived from Carter County TN. You may recall that he had bedded down in a ditch beside a…
Remember Sparks Bear?
Sparks Bear was the yearling who arrived in May and spent three months at ABR before being released back into the wild in August. He was a real success story,…