Location:

Forest of Uco - can be viewed from multiple locations

Auggie came from the San Diego Zoo
CONSERVATION: The Phoenix Zoo supports the AZA's SAFE Andean Bear program, which has two priority projects. The range-wide conservation project works with numerous partners to map and prioritize key Andean bear conservation areas across the species' range. Another project works with the Colombian National Natural Park System to identify the best sites for targeted Andean bear habitat restoration and to develop tools to monitor the success of restoration efforts.
Learn more here: https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2332/2023-2025_safe_andean_bear_program_plan.pdf

Checks out new items or scents in his enclosure.
Plays with all of his toys, often bringing them into outside exhibit area.
Favorite foods are avocado and jicama, but he eats pretty much everything he comes across.
Gets bones twice a week that he brings into his trees or hammock beds.
Gets meat, trout, rabbit. His favorite whole prey item is trout.
He enjoys digging and making nests in his tree. Digging in the wild is a natural behavior to look for insects.
Loves to get into the trees and bamboo thickets and break branches to make the ideal nest.
Babies are very small, size of a squirrel monkey baby

Formerly known as Spectacled Bear
Only bear in South America
Found almost entirely in the Andes Mountains -migrate up or down mountains depending on time of year
Does not hibernate
Eat bromeliads, bamboo, fruit
Build nests
Newborn cubs weight 10 to 18 ounces at birth, and they are practically bald, toothless, and blind
Births in captivity are rare
Female may carry the baby under the arm pit
IUCN: Vulnerable