http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org Hope at last for Borneo's Sun Bears Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/builders-britain-vs-malaysia/ Arkitrekker on November 11th, 2009Text and photos by Billy Dunn When Ian asked me to write a piece for the blog about my first experiences living and working in Sabah, Borneo, I initially thought of the obvious cultural differences; food, drink, climate, wildlife etc. These of course are all very interesting ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/18/builders-britain-vs-malaysia/ New Straits Times  17 November 2009 KUANTAN, Malaysia: A lorry driver was charged in the magistrate's court yesterday with possessing clouded monitor lizards, which are a protected species, and body parts of wild owls and the sun bear. M. Ravindran, 31, from Indera Mahkota, near here, was read five charges under the ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/17/driver-admits-to-5-wildlife-offences-for-the-killing-of-at-least-10-sun-bears-and-other-wildlife/ Article translated from a local Malay newspaper.  Foreign poachers are using Terengganu as an illegal wildlife hub in the East coast before the items being smuggled into neighbouring countries. These poachers adopt a communist-like tactics in the forest reserves with the use M16. Their tracks are difficult to be traced, while ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/17/foreign-poachers-using-m16-in-forest-reserves-in-malaysian-state-of-terengganu/ Great News! You can order the Sun bear Tote bag by email!  The creator of Save the Sun Bear Tote bag, Ms Rika Koreeda, agrees to take purchase order of the sun bear tote bag. Each tote bag is $15 + sale tax and shipping fee.  If you would like to purchase ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/16/great-news-you-can-order-the-sun-bear-tote-bag-by-email/ During the fund raising event in New York last summer, Caroline in the audience asked me how could anyone do to help sun bear.  “Anyone can help sun bear with whatever they do best.” I replied. “if you are rich, you can donate fund to us; if you are a ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/13/unveiled-the-first-bag-in-the-world-to-save-sun-bear-%e2%80%9cthe-save-the-sun-bear-tote-bag%e2%80%9d/   Finally, after 3 months of construction, the roof of the new bear house is up today!   After the roof being in place, the wall and the cages for the bears are slowly taking its place. Soon our bear will have their new house!     Photos by Jocelyn Stokes http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/29/the-roof-is-up-today/   Yesterday, while playful Suria was chewing on a stick or two, the BSBCC crew was busy re-cementing the floor of the larger enclosure. Although, she doesn't know it yet, Suria will soon be moved back into the large activity area where she will have quadruple the space to roam and play.  ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/29/great-work-everyone/ We’ve reached halfway in the contract to build Phase I of the new Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and I’m pleased to report good progress. I’ll let the photos tell the story. Please click here to visit Ian Hall blog http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/bsbcc-construction-photo-diary/ Ian Hall is our architect who is the designer the BSBCC.  http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/27/bsbcc-construction-photo-diary/ By MUGUNTAN VANAR KOTA KINABALU: American animal expert Jack Hanna, popularly known as “Jungle Jack” is in Malaysia for a television shoot of the wild. The 62-year-old is in Sabah to film orang utans, sunbears, proboscis monkeys and pygmy elephants in the wilds of Borneo for his entertainment and educational television show ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/26/malaysian-wild-animals-to-be-filmed-for-american-tv/ Text: by Billy Dunn Photos: by Billy Dunn and Ian Hall  The construction of the biogas digester at the new Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok took a bit of time to get running and underway but after ten days of hard building, pumping, lifting, grafting, sweating, itching, bleeding, plastering, twisting, bending ... http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/24/sepilok-%e2%80%9cpoo-burner%e2%80%9d/