Comments on: Captive sun bear series III: Life in hell http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/ Hope at last for Borneo's Sun Bears Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Siew Te Wong http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-153 Siew Te Wong Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:01:47 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-153 Hi Sophia, What kind of report you are working on? Maybe I can help. Feel free to email me. Wong Hi Sophia,
What kind of report you are working on? Maybe I can help. Feel free to email me.
Wong

]]> By: sophia http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-152 sophia Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:46:48 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-152 wow im doing a report on sun bears thats sad KEEP TRYING AND DONT GIVE UP! wow im doing a report on sun bears thats sad KEEP TRYING AND DONT GIVE UP!

]]> By: Annie http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-91 Annie Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:17:59 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-91 That is atrocious! Those poor babies..........Thanks for trying to help these bears That is atrocious! Those poor babies……….Thanks for trying to help these bears

]]> By: Siew Te Wong http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-85 Siew Te Wong Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:27 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-85 Hi Kok Ben, BSBCC is visualizing slowly and we have a lot of thing to do to make it happen, the most important would be the fund raising part to make it actually happening. Sun bears in Peninsular Malaysia and in Borneo are different subspecies. The Bornean sun bear is slightly smaller than the Asian mainland. Other than that they look about the same. Although lack of information, I have a feeling that sun bear density is slightly higher than in Borneo due to more food for bears here in Asia mainland. Kok Ben, I would like your friend who work in Endau Rompin to share her stories encountering with sun bear. Please ask her to email me at: wongsiew@hotmail.com. I am trying to compile as much as information on sun bear so any information or stories about sun bears are much welcome and appreciated! I call sun bear and a forgotten bear. They are compete for conservation attention with other conservation interest species. Let’s change this. Please help sun bears! Hi Kok Ben,
BSBCC is visualizing slowly and we have a lot of thing to do to make it happen, the most important would be the fund raising part to make it actually happening.
Sun bears in Peninsular Malaysia and in Borneo are different subspecies. The Bornean sun bear is slightly smaller than the Asian mainland. Other than that they look about the same. Although lack of information, I have a feeling that sun bear density is slightly higher than in Borneo due to more food for bears here in Asia mainland.
Kok Ben, I would like your friend who work in Endau Rompin to share her stories encountering with sun bear. Please ask her to email me at: wongsiew@hotmail.com. I am trying to compile as much as information on sun bear so any information or stories about sun bears are much welcome and appreciated!
I call sun bear and a forgotten bear. They are compete for conservation attention with other conservation interest species. Let’s change this. Please help sun bears!

]]> By: Kok Ben http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-84 Kok Ben Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:16:08 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-84 Hi, Just realized your old sites were closed and luckily some other blog mentioned about you in the BEARTREK... :) Am glad that the BSBCC is visualizing bit by bit... Kudos! :) I have a friend who worked in Endau Rompin told me that she had met (and got scared by... :P ) quite a number of sun bears in the nature reserve... Which makes me wonder if there's any difference between Bornean & Peninsula sun bear... ;) I think that we are spending a little too much money on some species, and forgot about the others... Hi,

Just realized your old sites were closed and luckily some other blog mentioned about you in the BEARTREK… :) Am glad that the BSBCC is visualizing bit by bit… Kudos! :)

I have a friend who worked in Endau Rompin told me that she had met (and got scared by… :P ) quite a number of sun bears in the nature reserve… Which makes me wonder if there’s any difference between Bornean & Peninsula sun bear… ;)

I think that we are spending a little too much money on some species, and forgot about the others…

]]> By: Siew Te Wong http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-83 Siew Te Wong Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:40:33 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-83 Hi Paula and Sheryl, Sorry for the late reply. I had a surgery last week and not be able to do too much of internet work. Sorry about that. Yes, I heard about the Mainland China’s plan to give two pandas to Taiwan as a (political) gifts few years ago and have been a long debate topic at the politic news in Taiwan. However, I am not aware of the exchanges that involve other endangered species, including sun bears until I read the news. Many countries use/give/exploit endangered wildlife as a diplomatic tool to achieve their political goals. China, especially, has long been using their so call “national treasure”-giant pandas, to achieve various political agendas of the country. This behavior may not sound “right” to conservation communities or animal rights group. However, as long as the import and export countries of the animals would like to do have the importation/exportation, obtain the CITES permits and other proper documents to support the importation and exportation, it is consider as legal and little can be done to stop the importation/exportation. As far as the exchange of pandas, sun bears, Yangtze river alligators, etc., are concern, this is all legal and can be done, as long as the countries involve would like that to happen. Nonetheless, conservation or animal right groups can protest or launch a campaign to stop the importation/exportation, and let the government to decide the final decision. Hi Paula and Sheryl,
Sorry for the late reply. I had a surgery last week and not be able to do too much of internet work. Sorry about that.
Yes, I heard about the Mainland China’s plan to give two pandas to Taiwan as a (political) gifts few years ago and have been a long debate topic at the politic news in Taiwan. However, I am not aware of the exchanges that involve other endangered species, including sun bears until I read the news.
Many countries use/give/exploit endangered wildlife as a diplomatic tool to achieve their political goals. China, especially, has long been using their so call “national treasure”-giant pandas, to achieve various political agendas of the country. This behavior may not sound “right” to conservation communities or animal rights group. However, as long as the import and export countries of the animals would like to do have the importation/exportation, obtain the CITES permits and other proper documents to support the importation and exportation, it is consider as legal and little can be done to stop the importation/exportation. As far as the exchange of pandas, sun bears, Yangtze river alligators, etc., are concern, this is all legal and can be done, as long as the countries involve would like that to happen. Nonetheless, conservation or animal right groups can protest or launch a campaign to stop the importation/exportation, and let the government to decide the final decision.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-82 sheryl, washington dc Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:18:39 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-82 Here's the link to the story in China Daily that Paula referred to: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/25/content_6791994.htm (Wow, I didn't know WD had flood control!) s. Here’s the link to the story in China Daily that Paula referred to: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/25/content_6791994.htm

(Wow, I didn’t know WD had flood control!)

s.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-81 sheryl, washington dc Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:18:00 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-81 The event was cancelled for that year but there's information from the Shanghaiist blog that sun bears were performing tricks for visitors, very similar to the "Animal Olympics," just last year: http://shanghaiist.com/2007/05/04/live_ducks_fed.php s. The event was cancelled for that year but there’s information from the Shanghaiist blog that sun bears were performing tricks for visitors, very similar to the “Animal Olympics,” just last year: http://shanghaiist.com/2007/05/04/live_ducks_fed.php

s.

]]> By: sheryl, washington dc http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-80 sheryl, washington dc Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:17:35 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-80 Shanghai Wild Animal Park? What I know about them comes from Animals Asia Foundation. Back in November 2006, AAF mounted a letter writing campaign to shut down the annual "Animal Olympics" at the park. You can read about this disgusting event here: http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=6&menupos=3&submenupos=2&lg=en s. Shanghai Wild Animal Park? What I know about them comes from Animals Asia Foundation. Back in November 2006, AAF mounted a letter writing campaign to shut down the annual “Animal Olympics” at the park. You can read about this disgusting event here: http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=6&menupos=3&submenupos=2&lg=en

s.

]]> By: Paula http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-77 Paula Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:48:22 +0000 http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/20/captive-sun-bear-series-iii-life-in-hell/#comment-77 Wong I have just seen something worrying on news about Taipei zoo giving china sun bears and other creatures in exchange for pandas "Lin Hwa-Ching, CEO of the Wildlife Conservation & Research Center at Taipei Zoo, said the exchanges between Taipei Zoo and the Shanghai Wild Animals Park may include Yangtze River alligators and black snub-nosed monkeys from Shanghai and orangutans, white-handed gibbons and sun bears from Taiwan". Are you aware of this? What's your opinion? Wong I have just seen something worrying on news about Taipei zoo giving china sun bears and other creatures in exchange for pandas “Lin Hwa-Ching, CEO of the Wildlife Conservation & Research Center at Taipei Zoo, said the exchanges between Taipei Zoo and the Shanghai Wild Animals Park may include Yangtze River alligators and black snub-nosed monkeys from Shanghai and orangutans, white-handed gibbons and sun bears from Taiwan”. Are you aware of this? What’s your opinion?

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