ABR History
The year ABR got its first bear cub
What is 1996?
A black bear's main food source in the fall in the Southeast
What are acorns/hard mast?
The main way we tell bear cubs apart at ABR
What are eartags?
The name of the bear character used by the USFS whose catchphrase is "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires"
Who is Smokey Bear?
The estimated number of black bears that live in the area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park according to 2019 study
The name of the very first bear to come to ABR
Who is Zero Bear?
The average cub litter size for a wild female black bear
What is 2-3?
The name of the building at the bear facility with 3 indoor rooms built in 2019
What is Hartley House?
The name of the cartoon bear that steals picnic baskets in Jellystone Park
What is Yogi Bear?
The number of species of bears worldwide
What is 8?
The name of the very first full time curator at ABR (ABC)
Who is Daryl Ratajczak?
The Latin name for American Black Bear
What is Ursus americanus?
The words of the acronym NAPB (hint: the cub "toy")
What is Not A Polar Bear?
The name of the honey-loving fictional bear that lives in the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
The food that Greg refers to as bears' "gateway drug"
What is birdseed?
The name of the bear that ABR housed for a short time before it went to the Knoxville Zoo (still alive)
Who is Ursula?
The main food source of the largest wild black bear ever recorded in the US (North Carolina, 880lbs)
What are peanuts?
Besides more than 6 cubs per acre, an example of something ABR's new agreement with TWRA does not allow
What is "cute", food/people names, photoshopped cub pictures, pawprints, representation of Bovines at Law, etc.
The name of the cartoon bear from Disney's version of the famous tale "The Jungle Book"
Who is Baloo?
The smallest bear species in the world
The year that Appalachian Bear Rescue was officially chartered (ABBRRC)
What is 1990?
The official name of the rare white variant of black bear commonly referred to as the "Spirit Bear" that lives in BC Canada
What is the Kermode Bear?
The ABR number the next cub to come to ABR will recieve
What is 0427?
The name of the real-life Syrian brown bear adopted by the Polish Army during World War II
Who is Wotjek?
The number of people that have been officially killed by a black bear in Tennessee?
What is two?