Hyperphagia is Here!
If you recall, Hyperphagia is the scientific term for the “feeding frenzy” that strikes all bears prior to hibernation. True to form, the ABR cubs are eating quantities of food…
Our Eleven Cubs
At last, all of the eleven cubs at ABR are outside in their enclosures! We are happy, and we think they are, too! Now that the leaves have fallen, they…
Turnip is Outside!
Our cub with the broken metacarpals, Turnip Bear, let the curators know that he REALLY wanted to be outside again! He could smell the other cubs through the vents, even…
At Last!
We have watched the three confined cubs who have been recovering from the bacterial infection that killed three of their enclosure-mates. The sisters, Martha and Betsy, along with Tamale have…
Playful Cubs – Video
In our last post we shared photos of cubs not sharing a swingy ball in their enclosure. Today we have that in action, via a video of the tussle. Also,…
Of Swingy Balls and (not) Sharing
We start off with a really good picture of Juggles. He looks so much better (and we are sure he feels better, too) without that awful jug on his head!…
An Interesting Day
It was an interesting day, indeed, though it started like any other day and night in Wild Enclosure #2. Night time and the four cubs climb up to the platform…
Tamale, the Gentleman
The three bears who are now in Acclimation Pen 4 until permitted to go back into the enclosure, were together in Wild Enclosure 4 before the illness that claimed half…
Reunited!
Here is a photo of the three cubs from Enclosure #4, after they were examined by the vets and received the OK to be together again. They are in the…
UT Vets Make Another House Call
On Wednesday the vets from UTCVM paid a visit to ABR to examine the three cubs who have been recovering from the bacterial infection/pneumonia that had made them so sick.…