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The Aceh Four We have started our plans for building and fundraising for our second enclosure. Sumatran Sun Bears need all our help. Longtime supporters of Sumatran Sun Bear Team (SSBT) know of our visits to Banda Aceh, North Sumatra. For any newcomers, meet the Aceh four. Banda Aceh BKSDA…

We Just Got Back From Sumatra! Hello everyone, it’s been a while since our last update. Thank you all for still, pardon the pun, bearing with us during this last period. We all know that everybody has been challenged over the last few years, but the Sumatran Sun Bear Team…

Sun bears remain one of the most threatened bear species in the world. Sumatran Sun Bear Teams (SSBT) goal is to establish the first dedicated, specialist sun bear rescue and rehabilitation facility in Sumatra. When two orphaned cubs came to our attention, we knew we had to act to fundraise…

THE PRICE OF TOURISM! The Sumatran Sun Bear Team have been receiving many reports about 3 Sun Bears and elephants in a touristic facility in Bali who are struggling since Covid hit with feeding and care. When there are no tourists there is no money to care for the animals…

  A Sun Bear in Trouble by Martin D. Hill A beautiful book about a beautiful Sun Bear called Uca. Amusing and educational this book will warm the hearts of many young and old readers. It’s a perfect, delicate way to introduce children to the issues that Sun Bears and…

During March 2020, it was an honour and a privilege for SSBT to be invited by Stay Wild to talk to the children at Lau Damak school. The children were very keen to get involved in discussion about the wildlife that lives and breathes right on their doorstep. With their…

During 2019, the SSBT had been alerted to the plight of a Durian farmer. He had reported that wild sun bears were taking his fallen fruit. The SSBT visited the farm and established that a sun bear had been on the property and had had left (faecal) evidence. The durian…

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Jo Jo campaign. A picture of a sun bear in a Zoo in Medan attracted a lot of negative attention. We would like to thank the management of Medan Zoo and the BKSDA for allowing us to work on the sun bear…

Saving Sun bears seminar July 10, 2019 We are very grateful to everyone who attended our recent seminar at the Canada Bay Club. With our speakers; Lesley Small, Larry Vogelnest and Siew Te Wong everyone who was there now understands the sun bear more and the reasons why it needs…