Lolli Bear just hanging out enjoying the warm spring day.

Lolli Bear just hanging out enjoying the warm spring day.

Lolli's Story
Species: Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
DOB: February 1, 2012
Sex: Female
Arrival Date: January 20, 2017

Lolli arrived at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR) with 33 other animals during the Colorado Project of 2016-2017. TCWR acquired a closing, 12-acre roadside establishment with 115 animals living in deplorable conditions with minimal veterinary care. Due to health issues, the previous owner needed to find a new home for all the animals he had acquired. Many enclosures had access doors made of rotting plywood and a padlock to contain these apex predators. Additionally, they existed on compacted dirt and woodchips with nails, with little shade from the glaring eastern Colorado sun. Our team worked on-site for six months and collaborated with other accredited Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) sanctuaries to transport and provide lifelong refuge to these animals. During this period, TCWR assisted in founding the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance (BCSA) to unite accredited sanctuaries for future rescues and to educate and provide awareness to the public about the plight of the growing wild cat crisis.

Lolli lives in one of two natural black bear habitats TCWR completed in 2018. The concept behind these state-of-the-art habitats was to completely fence in a large area – about three acres of combined space – so that the black bears in captivity could behave like the native bears in Arkansas. TCWR animal caretakers still provide her daily food, maintain her in-ground pool, and monitor her closely. Lolli is known to climb the trees in her habitat and enjoys foraging for her food and building her den out of branches and twigs in their woods. Also, Lolli enjoys various perfumes sprayed throughout her habitat weekly. She enjoys splashing in her pool in the summer months and taking naps out in her forest. Lolli enjoys it when her keepers spread food throughout her habitat so she can forage along the ground.

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