A Fabulous Find!
Beignet Bear found a wonderful treasure – a root! In case you think the two bears continued their fight over the root, they did not, and later on all three…
Photos of and special feature stories about ABR bears, including bears
that TWRA and ABR have knowledge of from previous rescues
A Video for You
Every so often the curators do a Facebook Live session and show recent footage from the security cameras in the enclosures. We thought you would enjoy this one, especially since…
Cold and Windy Night
It sounds like the beginning of a spooky tale – “It was a cold, dark, and windy night . . .” but that was really the case at ABR. Bears…
Yearlings at Night
Day or night, it’s interesting to see what our yearlings are doing. A few days ago, we observed some behavior we thought was worth sharing. We can’t help but wonder…
First Night Outside
As promised, we continue the story of King B and his reintroduction to the big outdoors by sharing his night time activities. There is no question that our little yearling…
Freedom! King B is Outside!
This was a big day for out little Balthazar Bear – he is now out in the Wild Enclosure! Here is how it played out. This sums up the first…
Persistent Balthazar Bear
Our little Balthazar Bear (King B) regularly takes on new projects (self-assigned) and works at them until he succeeds. He is nothing if not persistent. Here is a sequence that…
Rain and More Rain
There was a lot of rain, causing flooding in the area. The yearlings in Enclosure #4 couldn’t decide where to go. They had a restless night, but as we can…
King B and Sleep
Our little yearling, Balthazar or King B, has two rooms in the Hartley House and he fully utilizes both of them. The last few days have brought lots of rain,…
What Shall We Do?
The three yearlings in Wild Enclosure #4 can choose what to do on any given day. On this day, they did some playing and lots of sleeping. What a life!…