Boston Bear Goes Home to the Wild!
It is always a bittersweet time when one of our cubs reaches the point where it can be released back into the wild. After all, that is the purpose of…
Information about bears brought to ABR for care and rehabilitation, including release information
Food for Cubs
Curator Coy is really working on providing natural foods for the cubs. Just the other day, he found some wasp nests, and very carefully removed them from the surface to…
Two More Cubs!
Yesterday (June 9th) TWRA officers brought two more orphaned cubs to ABR. The male will be called Oscar Bear, and his sister will be named Annie Bear. They came from the…
Colton Bear’s Release!
January 10th, 2013 – Release Day! Here is a sequence of photos that show how Colton was worked up and readied for his release back into the wild. Let’s start with a…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 4 – Wild and Free!
As we reported in “Little Bit’s Release -Part 3,” Little Bit spent time in a cooled building near Park Headquarters, to await the time for her actual release into her…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 3 – Into the Truck
Back to the story of Little Bit and her journey to freedom in the wild. The next step in the release process was to load her into the cage on…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 2 – The Workup
The workup process is somewhat involved, because the wildlife officers (in this case, NPS officers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) want to be absolutely sure that the bear (in…
Little Bit’s Release – Part 1 – Preparation for Workup
As promised, here is the first of our posts on the release of Little Bit Bear, which took place on June 28th, six weeks after she arrived, tiny and injured. …
Loretta’s story continues (Release Part IV)
Bump, bump, bumpity bump…it was a rough ride deep into the National Park. It was hot, and between bumps Rose and I were trying our best to wake up. [Yawn!]…
Loretta’s story continues (Release Part III)
It was a very hot day so, after they put me through all the ‘hoops’ and turned to do the same for Rose, I was “put on ice” for the…