In 2022, we built a 1 Ha forest enclosure for 5 sun bears at the Samboja Lestari sanctuary of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) in Indonesia. This new Enclosure P is the latest of the 15 enclosures A to O built between 2017 and 2020. It brings the holding capacity of BOSF to 75 bears at Samboja. On 29th November 2022, a group of 5 bears were moved to the new Enclosure P and they are now enjoying the 1 Ha of forest at their disposal.
Sun bear enclosures at Samboja Lestari
Corridor between BY and Training 3 – 2022
In November 2022, we also built a corridor linking 2 enclosures, “Bottom Yard” and “Training Enclosure 3” at Samboja Lestari. We did this to allow easy transfer of the 2 young female bears, Lucy and Alaya, who were living in “Bottom Yard” to “Training Enclosure 3” where 2 other young female bears, Sulis and Adele, are kept. This 12m long corridor has a grid door in the centre allowing the bears to meet before being put together.
Buddy in the new 1 Ha enclosure at OFI – Sept 2022
In August 2022, thanks to the help of volunteer Philip Stubley, the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) transferred 5 bears to the 1 Ha enclosure that we had built just before the pandemic more than 2 years ago. We are very happy for the bears who had been waiting for many years in cages to finally enjoy a bit of forest.