点评:So we really wanted to see bears while visiting the Smokey Mountains. After driving through the National Park and not seeing any we decided to check out the Cherokee Bear Zoo. This is a small place with 4 separate bear enclosures. They had black bears, sun bears, and grizzly bears of different ages/sizes mixed together. It only cost $24 for 4 of us to get in and that included 4 paper trays of food to feed the bears. The bears all looked healthy and happy to receive food from visitors, some even waving at us. We were given the option to hold and get a picture with a live cub which we did for $25. They brought out a 8 week old baby black bear. After a quick picture and some pets they took him away for the next group. Although this was a once in a lifetime experience (holding a baby bear) we started having some resentment about the handling of this cub. In and out out of a baby crib, kids grabbing and squeezing. We also had some questions about where was the mama bear. So that’s what I mean about conflicted. They also had a small petting area full of goats. Only other “exotic” animal we saw was 2 foxes. I gave it 3 stars because it was a cool experience seeing the bears so close.
翻译:所以我们真的很想在参观烟山时看到熊。开车穿过国家公园并没有看到任何东西后,我们决定去看看切罗基熊动物园。这是一个小地方,有 4 个独立的熊围栏。他们有不同年龄/体型的黑熊、太阳熊和灰熊混合在一起。我们 4 个人只花了 24 美元就可以进去,其中包括 4 个纸盘的食物来喂熊。这些熊看起来都很健康,很高兴接受游客的食物,有些甚至向我们挥手致意。我们可以选择抱住一只活生生的幼崽并与它合影,我们花了 25 美元。他们带出了一只8周大的小黑熊。在快速拍了张照片并养了一些宠物后,他们带他去参加下一组。尽管这是一生一次的经历(抱着一只小熊),但我们开始对这只幼崽的处理方式产生了一些不满。孩子们在婴儿床上进进出出,抓来抓去。我们还有一些关于熊妈妈在哪里的问题。这就是我所说的冲突。他们还有一个小宠物区,里面全是山羊。我们看到的唯一“外来”动物是两只狐狸。我给它 3 颗星,因为如此近距离地看到熊是一次很酷的经历。