Sun bear is a forgotten bear species. They are the least known bear and one of the least known large mammals in Southeast Asia until recently. I hope this blog can enlighten readers and open up discussions on how we could help this unfortunate but yet magnificent animal that we call “sun bear".
13/6/2019 Video by Chiew Lin May "When the buying stops, the killing will stop too!" Orphaned sun bear cubs have been taken from the wild for the illegal pet trade. They had been kept confined in a cage alone for a long period of time and loss their wild instinct.
Please STOP kept or buys sun bear! Please report suspicious activity, be sure to REPORT illegal trade in bear part to: Wildlife Crime Hotline | Hotline Hidupan Liar | 野生物罪案热线 : +60 19 356 4194
11/6/2019 BSBCC was invited to exhibit at a Sandakan primary school, SK Bt 16 Gum-Gum in conjunction to their Science week. The school students visited the exhibition at their science lab where BSBCC staff together with Sabah Wildlife Department staff conducted short introductions to wildlife in Sabah before the students visited the exhibited specimens. It was a worthwhile session with the school students and we hope to have more sessions as this in future to share about sun bears among the young generations.
7/6/2019 Today, a group of students from Chinese University Hong Kong visited BSBCC. A presentation on the sun bears and BSBCC were given to the students. After that, they observed the sun bears at the observation platform. Thank you for spending the time in BSBCC with the sun bears. Hope you all enjoy the day and help us to spread the words to Save the Sun Bears!
5/6/2019 Nature Classroom Penang co-organized two Eco Camps with the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), a field trip based education with two different groups of participants which was set on 25th-29th May 2019 and 1st -5th June 2019. The Eco Camps brought the participants to visit BSBCC on 28th of May and 4th of June for 3 hours where presentations and briefing were given before heading to the observation platforms, and getting some hands-on activity such as making "Stick Paradox" enrichment for the Sun Bears by the end of their sessions. We were very happy to accommodate the very enthused participants about the Sun Bears, wildlife, and its habitat. It is hoped that they will start to care and be able to create awareness among their circles for the ripple effects in spreading information.
