Update – Duke, Daisy Mae, and Jellybean Outside!
The trio in Hartley House got an upgrade when the curators opened the gate to the Acclimation Pen! The curators had been very busy cleaning up the area, pressure washing…
ABR #400 Arrives!
On April 19, a cub was found on a trail in Big South Fork, a wilderness area west of Knoxville, TN. The cub seemed to be injured, as it was…
Active Cubs – video
The six cubs at ABR are active, as they eat, play, and grow. They are practicing their inborn bear skills, and each one is making progress in their own way…
Cubs Eat, Sleep. Play, Grow!
The six cubs in the Hartley House are doing what they are supposed to do they are eating good food, sleeping when they are tired, and playing a lot –…
Cubs Play and Sleep
The six cubs at ABR are busy as little cubs can be, as they play, eat, and sleep. All of them are now eating Cubby Porridge, which is a combination…
Six Cubs!
Now that our yearlings have been released back to the wild, ABR is caring for the six cubs. All of these little bear cubs are about two and one-half months…
Second Release Video – Twinkle Bear!
In our previous post we showed the brief history and release of one of the Christmas cubs, now yearlings, Tinsel Bear. Here is how her enclosure mate, Twinkle, fared. You…
Christmas Yearlings Released! (2 videos)
Tinsel and Twinkle Bear, our two yearlings who arrived in December as 11-month-old cubs and were given seasonally appropriate nicknames, were each released back into the wild on April 12th!…
New Digs for Peeps!
Peeps Bear has been in The Cub Nursery ever since her arrival at ABR. But she was showing the curators that she wanted to move out – she was actually…
Six Cubs Doing Well!
ABR is caring for six cubs, all about two months old, though the differences between cubs born in January and those born in February are notable this early in their…