Hi, I'm Kina!
Time has flown! Kina recently just finished her quarantine care under BSBCC and is a one year old female juvenile bear. Previously, she was kept as a pet for more than a year before her owner decided to surrender her to Sabah Wildlife Department. Her owner claimed that Kina’s mother abandoned her when they were crossing a road and her mother got frightened and ran away while leaving her behind. During that time, she was just a bear cub and had not opened her eyes yet. She showed signs of malnutrition with her relatively small head compared to her body size. With an appropriate diet in BSBCC, she now weighs 18.4kg! Her favourite foods are papaya, honeydew, egg and of course milk! Though, even with her favourites, Kina is not picky and still enjoys all the food that we have given to her!
My favourite foods are honeydew, coconut and hmm.. many more!
She has adapted well in quarantine since she arrived here at BSBCC and spends her time in her cage that is full of fire hose enrichment products such as fire hose hammock, wood hammock, and a heart-shaped honeycomb. Other than that, she also likes to play KONG, Aussie Dog Ball, and her favourite toy, the Bear Ball!! She totally is an enrichment lover. She loves to stay on the hanging platform where this allows her to stay up high and for her resting needs. The hanging platform is like her secret garden – It brings us much joy and happiness to see her bring her favourite food or toys up there to play with it.
My cage is full of fire hose enrichment products!
The Aussie Dog Ball is inside the Fire Hose Basket.
I got the Aussie Dog Ball! Let me see what is inside the ball!
I fit in the basket! And I want to bring along the Aussie Dog Ball with me!!
In order to encourage her natural bear behaviour, keepers let her out to a larger den where there will be a larger space for her to explore around and get closer to the forest. Kina will step out from her cage with utmost curiosity and will explore the environment around her from every single corner like a good inspector. She enjoys staying in a natural environment like a den that is decorated with leaves and decayed wood. Most of the time, she explores the enrichment that has been prepared in the den. Kina’s day can be so simple where even a small decayed wood can simply make her day. She just knows how to enjoy the time with her own ways by lying on the dry leaves and turning on her relax mode.
This is the new den for me!
Let me check every corner here!
Is it something here?
Or maybe here?
Finally I'm here on the 'Platform Tree'!!
Tree barks in the basket!
See! I'm so good in playing with tire!
This is the forest that I have been looking for!
Closer to the forest make me hyperactive!
Let me introduce this is my favourite enrichment, bear ball!
I like to bring the bear ball with me!
Hammock!
Natural environment make me feel like I'm home!
I'm enjoying with all the leaves and woods.
Make me be a happy kid!!
Dancing like an Opera!
Kina is a playful bear. The keepers will play fight with her so she can also learn some of the defence skills to protect herself later onwards. She shows her strength during the play fight that can be seen through pawing, which is a bear way of playing. However, some of the bear survival skills cannot be taught from a caretaker such as foraging, building a tree nest and so on. Hence, we plan to introduce her to a new bear friend who can teach her to become a real bear using the bear way. We one day hope that Kina will forage, build nests and stay in the wild because she truly deserves it, and deserves to be a real wild bear.
My caretaker, Azzry spend time with me.
My another caretaker, Jeniur.
Where is my bear friend?
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