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7 March 2024 Update

Nur at Samboja - Jan 2024

Nur at Samboja – Jan 2024

The 2 male cubs Choki and Bakar at BOS Samboja Lestari are doing well and are now in a 0,7 Ha forest enclosure. They will soon be joined by Nur, another cub who arrived at Samboja Lestari in December 2023. Nur is about 9 months old and is now in “forest school” with another younger cub called Wis, only 3 months old. The 2 cubs spend most of the day roaming around freely in the forest accompanied by a human mother figure, but Nur is unfortunately becoming increasingly difficult to manage and will soon have to be transferred to Enclosure B, with Choki and Bakar, who are a little older than her.

Viko at Samboja - Feb 2024

Viko at Samboja – Feb 2024

In January, we finished construction work on Middle Yard, one of the 25 enclosures at BOS Samboja Lestari, and we moved Viko and Iis into this new space. We are now renovating another enclosure for one individual bear called Fleur, who doesn’t like the company of other bears. The objective is to make good use of all the space available so that all the 75 sun bears at Samboja Lestari can have access a piece of their natural habitat. But as bears keep coming in, this is a constant challenge.

Our campaign to raise 80,000 USD for the elephant called Boua in Laos is going well. We have raise 40,000 USD so far, and if all goes as planned, we hope to have the totality by May this year. Find out more and help us save Boua on www.saveboua.com

Thank you for your support.

8 DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE

The 2 cubs Choki and Bakar at BOS Samboja Lestari are doing well and are now about 9 months old now. They are still spending most of their days in the forest with Pablo, a volunteer who has been…

18 Septembre 2023 Update

Since March 2023, 5 new bears have arrived at the sun bear sanctuary of Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF). Brutus, an adult male, arrived in July. He used to be kept…

19 April 2023 update

Since the beginning of 2023, we have focused our efforts on doing maintenance on the sun bear enclosures, renovating cages and building climbing structures for the bears at the rescue centres of both the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF)…

7 December 2022 Update

The new 1 Ha forest enclosure at Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan is finished and it has been the home to a group of 5 bears since 29th November 2022. A big thank you to all the donors of…

18 July 2022 Update

I’m happy to write that the construction of a new large forest enclosure at the Samboja Lestari rescue centre in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is progressing steadily under the supervision of Philip Stubley, our long term volunteer. In the end,…

2 June 2022 UPDATE

I’m am happy to announce the construction of a new large forest enclosure for 3 sun bears at the Samboja Lestari rescue centre in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Construction work is scheduled to begin mid June under the supervision of…

11 January 2022 update

I have been in France since August 2020 and have not yet been able to go back to Indonesia to pursue the projects of Sun Bear Outreach. I had bought a ticket to go back in July 2021 but…

July 3rd 2021 UPDATE

I had bought a ticket to go back to Indonesia on July 18th, but the COVID situation there is going from bad to worse and travel restrictions for foreigners entering the country are still in place. Unfortunately I have…

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HELPING ALL ANIMALS IN NEED

While the main focus of Sun Bear Outreach is to improve the wellbeing of captive sun bears, we are happy to help all animals in need. Our empathy and compassion is not limited to bears. Our project in December…