After pneumonia deaths, Tennessee bear rescue is cleared to take orphaned cubs again

After pneumonia deaths, Tennessee bear rescue is cleared to take orphaned cubs again

After a difficult year marked by bear cub deaths and a halt in operations, Appalachian Bear Rescue in Townsend, Tennessee, has once again been cleared to take in orphaned black bear cubs, restoring an important resource for young bears in the Great Smoky Mountains region. What happened? After being sidelined for a year, Appalachian Bear Rescue has been cleared by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to start rehabilitating bears again, Knox N…