Happy Earth Day 2019

The Friends of Bear Hollow will be at Bear Hollow Zoo to help celebrate the Bears’ Birthday on April 27 from 10 AM to 1 PM. Please stop by our table to purchase art made by the animals as enrichment and matted photographs of many of Bear Hollow’s animals! You can also watch DJ, Athena,…

Ireland may not have snakes, but Bear Hollow Zoo is home to several snakes as well as other Georgia native wildlife. During the month of March, donate to fill up our ‘pot of gold’ to help Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens, GA with habitat upgrades, animal enrichment, and animal care enhancements. We’re so lucky 🍀…

The Friends of Bear Hollow will be at Bear Hollow Zoo on Zoo Day, March 16, from 10 AM to 1 PM. This free-admission special event featuring animal encounters, art vendors, and crafts is hosted by the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department. Please stop by our table!

CALLING ALL SECRET SANTAS! We’ve made our list, and checked it twice, and we’re keeping it a secret! We have some great surprises in store for our friends at Bear Hollow Zoo, and YOU can help! As donations fill up the goal bar, we’ll reveal what your gifts will purchase to enhance animal care and…

Dear Friends and Neighbors, As many of you may have heard, “Redo the Zoo”, Project 60, was removed at the very last minute by the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) from the list of projects proposed to our mayor and commissioners for SPLOST 2020. We understand that the CAC had difficult decisions to make, but feel…