Sun Bear Conservation Park

Located in the same area is the Sun Bear rehabilitation facility.
These bears are the smallest of all the bear species and are only found in this region of Malaysia 🇲🇾.
Tragically this bear has been the target of poachers who kill the bears to sell some of their body parts to the Chinese traditional medicine markets especially the bears gall bladder.
The bears we saw are playful and inquisitive and have very long claws for tree climbing to eat wild honey. They also have very, very long tongues to be able to access the honey.
The other discerning feature of the bears and where they get their name from is a horseshoed shape splash of gold colour on their chest hence the name “Sun” bears.
During the heat of the day they are reasonable sedate.
The battle to save these bears has been the passion of a local Malaysian man who has dedicated his life to maintain safe breeding populations of these animals.Lue lisää