Tasha

Born 2015

Tasha (female) comes from the mountains of southern Kentucky, 30 miles from the Tennessee border—raised by a man who found her and a sibling trying to nurse on their dead mother who was killed by a truck. He thought her mother had been dead for 2-3 days. That was on July 13, 2015. He caught the little 8½-pound cub but her sibling escaped. He took care of her and let her come and go as she wanted. She remained mostly on his 50 acres, staying near the man and playing with his dog.

He did his very best to care for her. Unfortunately, he did not have the proper permits to care for a bear and she was removed from his property. We learned of her situation and were delighted to provide Tasha with a forever home at the North American Bear Center. She was 97 pounds when the veterinarians in Kentucky weighed her on June 5, 2016.

Volunteers immediately stepped up and drove over 900 miles one way to pick her up and bring her to the NABC. She arrived the evening of June 6, 2016.

Tasha by a curved log - Sep. 2017

Tasha resting near a log in the Haven Den - July 2016

Tasha by a tree - May 2018

Tasha close-up - June 2016

Tasha with dirty belly

Tasha in her water bucket - June 2016

Tasha in the pond - July 2016

Tasha in the snow - Apr. 2017

Tasha hanging out in a tree - May 2018

Tasha in vegetation - Aug 2016

Tasha looking to the side - May 2018

Tasha looking back - May 2018

Tasha looking over her shoulder - May 2018

Tasha on a slope - May 2018

Tasha portrait up close - May 2017

Tasha in the Haven Den enclosure shortly after she arrived - June 2016

Tasha sitting up and posing - May 2018

Tasha smiling - May 2018

Tasha standing up to get a better look - May 2018

Tasha walking on log near Holly's dug den - Sep. 2016

Tasha walking toward the photographer - May 2018

Tasha with a branch - May 2017