Baloo, a North American black bear, lumbers towards the fence surrounding his enclosure at Noah’s Ark animal preserve in Locust Grove on Saturday, August 9, 2014.
August 9, 2014 Locust Grove – Baloo, a North American black bear, lumbers towards the fence surrounding his enclosure at Noah’s Ark animal preserve in Locust Grove on Saturday, August 9, 2014. The bear is part of a trio of animals rescued during a drug raid in 2001. Shere Hkhan, a Bengal tiger, and Leo, an African lion, are the other two parts of the trio. Known affectionately as BLT, they are the only bear, lion and tiger living in the same habitat in the world. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL