Cherokee Bear Zoo

Conflicted

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 wi...

This is the saddest place where

This is the saddest place where you can see bears within concrete walls, like a prison, just so we can amuse ourselves. It is heartbreaking and the place is very dirty. Please DO NOT VISIT this place...

Nice little zoo

That's a cool small little zoo. During the spring month they typically have a baby bear you can take picture with. And $6 to enter the zoo and a dollar for a plate of food. It's $25 to take a picture ...

It’s cool, get over yourself.

All of these babies need to toughen up. It’s an awesome place to see a bear up close. If you don’t like animals in captivity don’t go. I can’t wait til they have baby bears so we can get pictures.

Heartbreaking Treatment of Bears

I wish I could rate my experience a zero because this is a HORRIBLE place for the bears who have to live there. They are in a concrete pit with no grass and they can't even see outside their prison of...