Freedom! King B is Outside!

Posted on   February 10, 2020
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Category  :  Bear Feature Stories & Photos

This was a big day for out little Balthazar Bear – he is now out in the Wild Enclosure! Here is how it played out.

The door is opened and out he goes.
What? He encounters his first-ever snowfall in the ramp to the Acclimation Pen.
The curators had placed several diversions in the pen, but King B ignored them and made a b-line (b for bear) straight through to the gate to the outside.
King B greets a tree. He hadn’t seen a real tree for a month!
We finally get a better look at him.
King B is a good-looking bear How nice of him to pose for his photos!
In an overview of the enclosure, he looks very small.
King B set about to explore his new territory.
Peanuts! What a find for King B!
King B has a darker muzzle than the other yearlings.
In this long shot, King B seems like a tiny little bear.
He comes upon a Forbidden Tree. No, King B, you can’t climb that one!

This sums up the first day of King B’s freedom in the Wild Enclosure. We’ll show how his night went in our next post. Where do you think he slept? Did he go back into the Acclimation Pen? We’ll let you know tomorrow.