Yona update (and interesting photos)

Yona is doing great! She’s been back in the exhibit for three weeks.  With the exception of her hair being shorter on her right front limb all seems to be wonderful. I cringe when I see her and Gus wrestle on the cliff, but it’s great to see the two of them interacting again. I was looking through some photos and came across the following: A couple weeks after Yona’s surgery Dr. Vanderford was trying to figure out what mightRead more

Trees for the bear yard

This past Monday was the day to relocate some large trees to plant in the bear yard.  Three large trees were removed from the parking lot and transplanted into the bear yard. We’re obviously hoping that all three trees will make it, but if we get two to take that will be wonderful! The trees are really big. Jim, our Director of Landscape Environments, is standing at the front of the truck to give some perspective. This truck is prettyRead more
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QuikPost:Yona bear update

  The picture above doesn’t do justice to Yona as her hair has grown back in since her surgery in September. We expect to be letting Yona back into the exhibit in just one week! It will be eight weeks since her surgery and she is doing really well. Her limp has mostly diminished and we’re really happy with how things have gone. I was looking through some emails and blogs and came across a really great video that Karyn took backRead more
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Yona’s surgery- it’s over and she is back

Yona has now been back at the Museum for about 1.5 days now and is recovering from her surgery to remove a bone fragment in her elbow.  Read an article and see better pictures than below by the News & Observer- the photos are way better than mine (see the photo gallery for all the pictures). A few photos I took are below, as well as a couple of Yona back at the Museum. We’ll keep you posted as to when she will goRead more

Watermelon Sale!

Watermelons are on sale this week and I am SO EXCITED! Catch up on some past watermelon posts: bears eating watermelon watermelon (what it looks like when bears eat a lot of watermelon- just read the post, you’ll understand). watermelon storageRead more