Author: Joan Sheldon

We’re bear-y 🐻 excited to celebrate Bear Hollow Zoo’s namesake American black bears! Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens, GA is home to many species of native Georgia wildlife, but the crowds are always a-buzz 🐝 to see DJ, Athena, and Yonah wake up from their winter rest. These bears were all orphaned as cubs and…

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!

The Friends of Bear Hollow 💗 Bear Hollow Zoo, and we know you do, too! During the month of February, show your love and support for Athens, GA’s unique local zoo with a donation to the Friends of Bear Hollow. You can even include a Valentine message for the zoo that will show in the…

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…

We are grateful for our donors who, this year, have enabled us to provide six new 40-gallon terraria for the reptile house, three timed feeders for after-hours bear feeding, a utility wagon to support animal care, and several zoo-tough enrichment items that are being enjoyed by Bear Hollow Zoo’s black bears, otters, and other resident…

The Friends of Bear Hollow are pleased to announce that we can now accept donations of stock! By donating stock directly to us, you can help us provide habitat enhancements, animal enrichment, and animal care supplies for Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens, GA while avoiding capital gains tax on any profits made on that stock…

Do you use Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) to structure your charitable giving? The Friends of Bear Hollow would be grateful to receive a grant from your DAF to help us provide habitat enhancements, animal enrichment, and animal care supplies for Bear Hollow Zoo in Athens, GA. We are pleased to announce that we can now accept…