
Teton Emerging in Spring
By Earthfire All winter we worried about Teton Totem and his severe back problem. How would he be? Would the long winter sleep aggravate it? What do we do with a nearly paralyzed 1000 pound grizzly bear?
We made him a special bed> Read more

Humble Bumbles Canine Mentor
By Earthfire He was found at a roadside zoo that was closing down, just a few weeks old. It was clear even then that he was a differently-abled bear. As we watched him play, sweetly, innocently, not too coordinated, not too quick on> Read more

Bear Burrito
By Earthfire Teton Totem, the grizzly bear, is recovering from a back injury and a bad bout of arthritis. How he got injured and how he is healing is a long and interesting story for another time. Suffice it to say that> Read more

It’s Rough Being an Ambassador
By liz It was just tragic. A bear gets ready for a long lovely winter’s nap, putting on hundreds of pounds in preparation, the weather gets colder, the days shorter, AND he just got his ration of hay for the winter to> Read more

Teton’s Nest
By liz Teton Totem was ecstatic in grizzly bear terms. The weather had turned cold and we had just brought him piles of sweet smelling hay to line his den. His eyes held a look of intense excitement. Ever so carefully, like> Read more

A learning disabled grizzly bear
By Earthfire Meet Humble Bumble -- the challenges and triumphs of a learning disabled grizzly bear. Read more

Learning Disabled
By Earthfire Humble Bumble Bear lives at Earthfire Institute. Read more

Humble Bumble and the Pool
By Earthfire Many of you acquainted with Humble Bumble the grizzly bear know the story of this gentle giant and his terror of an egg; of the world being too much for him; of his fear of anything new. But I am here to report progress! Read more

A Bear of Character
By jason He was found at a roadside zoo, just a few weeks old, and it was clear even then that he was a “differently-abled” bear. Now four years old he is enormous for his age, but it isn’t the size you> Read more

The Humble Bumble Bear Chronicles
By jason It took a while to name him, as it always does … watching; feeling the personality of each individual. Most of the names ended up reflecting the magnificence of wild animals – Northwind, Moonlight, Windwalker, but in this case there> Read more