27th April 2024: The Sabah Forestry Department hosted an open day and a launch celebration for the Sook Lake Forest Reserve in Keningau, and BSBCC took part in the exhibition and environmental education activity. Several schools were invited to the event, and there were activities to engage the students and spread awareness of wildlife and forest conservation/protection in Sabah.
Peter is back in Sandakan again! Peter is our returning APE volunteer who has volunteered his time at BSBCC multiple times. The team and the bears are always happy when he is around. Thank you Peter for giving your time and efforts to helping us. We will alwayys welcome you with open arms 🥰
Love, Barks and Big Bear Hugs🐻😍
Our 6 interns from University Putra Malaysia, decided to choose Linggam to do their enrichment project for. They made a buffet of puzzle feeders to keep Linggam mentally stimulated the whole day. This cleverly designed enrichment challenges Linggam to work for his food, encourage his problem solving skills and engage his senses. It also offers a delightful way to mimic natural foraging behaviours.
Thank you to Wardah, Ain, Anis, Fadlin, Nadia and Stephanie
for making this structure for our strong and handsome boy, Linggam.
Health screening program for all 43 resident bears at BSBCC! Proud of the team's hard work. Now, on to processing all the samples so we can have a thorough overview of each bears' health status.
Research plays an integral role in the conservation of the least known bear species, the Malayan and Bornean Sun bear. BSBCC is dedicated in the study of sun bears, both in-situ and ex-situ. Only with knowledge we can help saves the species from declining.
On the 26th February to 3rd March was a busy week for BSBCC
vet and bear care team. The team showed high commitment and efficiency in the
research sampling of all our 43 sun bears. The sampling procedure involved
anesthesia, blood and mucosal swab collection, physical and dental examination,
recovery monitoring, in house laboratory work, etc. We accomplished this
sampling with great success in 5 days. All bears recovered well with no
complication.
This research was done in collaboration with UPM and UNIMAS
for the health screening of the captive sun bears. A big shout out to Dr.
Nabila Sarkawi ( Sabah Wildlife Department), Dr Azalea Hani, Muhammad Farris
and Azman Asmat (UPM), and Mr. Lim (Axir Medical) to lend us a hand in the
sampling and laboratory procedures. We are grateful to Axir Medical that
brought us the hematoanalyzer machine, to facilitate with immediate hematology
analysis of the sun bears.
The sampling has been completed but the laboratory analysis
of the diseases and blood profile have just begun. There is a lot of work to be
done, but all this is worthwhile as this research can give a comprehensive
overview of the health status, and hence impact on the health management of the
captive sun bears.
Thank you also to all of BSBCC's donors for supporting our
work here at BSBCC that has enabled us to provide the best health care for all
our 43 bears:
Yayasan Hasanah
Kementerian Kewangan
Yayasan Sime Darby
