Mia February 2025
Mia August 2025
From February to September 2025 I have spent most of my time caring for a sun bear cub named Mia who was only about 4 weeks old when she arrived at the Samboja Lestari BOSF sanctuary in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The poachers were arrested as they were coming out of the forest and Mia was given to BOSF. Despite Mia’s misfortune I do my best to give her the happiest early childhood. She is now almost 8 months old and spends more than 10 hours a day walking in the forest with a volunteer or myself, and she loves it. She is always in a good mood and she is overall a wonderfully charming little girl.
Baby House WIP
The construction of the “Baby House” for the sun bear cubs at Samboja Lestari is going well and is expected to be complete by the end of October. To this date I’ve been keeping the young cubs in my room, but this is far from ideal as sun bear cubs love to destroy anything they can get their claws on. The Baby House is designed so that half the house is for the cubs and the other half for the humans. This will greatly facilitate the cohabitation and will improve the wellbeing of the orphan cubs.
Mano Sept 2025
At the Sumatra Wildlife Center (SWC) the walk-release of the sun bear cub called Mano is still going well. Mano is now about one and a half year old, she has recently been moved to the forest where she will live as an adult bear and is presently acclimatizing to her new environment. She is now equipped with a GPS collar and continued to be taken out for daily walks. I am told that all is going well.
Thank your interest in the sun bears and for your support.