I mentioned the end of November that we would have a series of posts about Virginia’s health condition, her recent challenges, and her trip offsite for diagnostics. I’ll set the stage today for what’s to come in the blog posts BACKGROUND: how did we get to today. TRANSPORT: how do you get a bear that won’t come down the cliff to the house, and then, how do you get her offsite for her medical appointment. PEOPLE: just how many peopleRead more
Posts tagged: #bears
Flashback Friday: Cooler Days
With Summer temps arriving today, I’m pining for some snow and ice. Gus, and the bears, below, in a snowy and frozen bear yard. Seems nice to me!Read more
Bear Pool Cleaning next month
We’ll be cleaning the bear pools the beginning of June. A little later than usual, but with the new wolf pups living next door we’re trying to be as quiet as possible until they are older and more established. I came across these two videos of what the bears do when we let them back in the yard after pool cleaning. In the first video, Yona pulls out the pool drain cover (this is what happens when you let themRead more
Flashback Friday: Yona
Yona was a 4-pound orphaned cub when she was on the side of the road in Tennessee 10 years ago. Flashback for me too: much more gray hair now! Yona now weighs over 300 pounds!Read more
Bears in the Gift Shop?
Our Retail Ops Team dressed up as our Bears this year for Halloween: Last year folks from our Guest Relations and Services team dressed up as the wolf family. A few years ago Ro from Development dressed as me- check it out, here. Read more
QuikPics: Mimi and Melon
One of my favorite people shared these pictures of one of my favorite bears eating watermelon (one of my favorite fruits). Thanks Courtney for sharing these great photos of Mimi!Read more