Syrian Brown Bear's flight

Great news – friends of Wildlife Center President Ed Clark will be flying the Syrian Brown Bear cub to her new home on Saturday, May 25!

Dr. Larry and Mrs. Jessica Patterson, of Eye Centers of Tennessee, will be flying from Tennessee to Virginia  to pick up the bear. They’ll fly out early on Saturday morning, with a quick stop in Tennessee to re-fuel, before they continue flying to Texas. We’re extremely thankful and appreciative to Dr. and Mrs. Patterson for their donation.

You can track the bear cub’s flight through Flight Aware. Simply enter in the tail number of Dr. Patterson's plane [N891DM], and you can follow along on the cub’s journey!

Saturday update:

The Syrian Brown Bear cub successfully departed the Wildlife Center this morning!

Early morning loading crew:

The bear cub arrived safely in Texas on Saturday evening and was transported to her new home at the International Exotic Animal Sanctuary. According to a recent blog post, the IEAS team named the cub Misha!