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By: Siew Te Wong

Good new about your friend and his website and work to help wildlife. If he can help us to promote sun bear conservation works and fund raise, that would be really great. I think there is a need to have more Europeans involve in wildlife conservation in Southeast Asia. This is the time to help. Together we could make a different! Thanks again Brigitta! Happy New Year to all! ~Wong

By: brigitta, switzerland

Dear wong. I just got the message from a friend, that he invented a projekt for the sunbears at Samboja. A amimalkeeper from a zoo in holland and a member of the organisation "four paws"holland, http://www.vier-voeters.nl/website/output.php?id=1001&language=2 are at Samboja to help the bears. Good news. I hope to get some photos from the new situation. Brigitta

By: Siew Te Wong

Thanks Brigitta, now I know what the website about from the translation you have there so far. You are doing a good thing on expose the plights of these cage bears. I would like to do a posting about it soon. Thank you so so much and wish you a happy new years and a new hope for the sun bear!

By: brigitta, switzerland

Dear Wong I just translated the main sites of my sunbear website (hope my english is understandable ;-) The translated sites have a german or englisch flag to click on it. The other sites I will translate as soon as possible. If you it is ok for you, I will translate the information you gave me in the last e-mail and show it on the page. Brigitta

By: Siew Te Wong

Hi Brigitta, Very interesting site but unfortunately I cannot understand what was written in German. Can you tell me more about this swebsite and Arkarna? ~Wong

By: Siew Te Wong

Hi Joevin, I always would like to work with people with lots of passions and high interest. Although I cannot promise you anything, but please do send me your resume and tell me more about yourself, I will keep my eyes open and it here is a suitable position, I will definitely let you know. Thanks. Cheers, Wong

By: JJ

Hi Wong, I really envy your work and passion for animals, I hail from the same hometown as you, looking forward to working back in the forestry field, where I graduated from UMS, any openings? Have been years since I worked in other fields not related to forestry, but the dream of joining the forestry field is still there.. Thanks..

By: brigitta, switzerland

Dear Wong. She is really beauty, but you see I am just in love to Arkarna ;-). Fortunately she is a girl! http://sunbears.pro-ject-pool.ch/

By: paula

Great post Wong, wonderful bear. I agree she is absolutely adorable. I want to hug a sun bear!

By: Siew Te Wong

Hope so Sheryl. You are most welcome to come to SE Asia to see the bears yourself if not at a zoo that has both sun bears or moon bears.
 

Help Save the Sun Bears!

SUN BEARS: cute, tiny and threatened with extinction

Sun bears are the least know bears and a forgotten bears species. I have dedicated my life to studying them and helping to protect them from poaching and habitat degradation. There is so much work to do and only about five people in the world who have studied to learn about the sun bears.

Sun bears live on the island of Borneo, which is divided into three regions: Indonesia’s region, called Kalimantan; Malaysia’s region, called East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo; and the independent nation of Brunei. I work in the Sabah region of Malaysian Borneo, in the east. Sun bears face many dangers, mostly from poachers and deforestation. As awareness increases about sun bears and the threats that are pushing them toward extinction, people are taking action to get involved in conserving them. This past November a coalition of concerned citizens and artists raised $400,000 to build the first phase of a sun bear conservation center. We will raise money for phase two in 2009. It's all very exciting and I fee like for the first time since I've been working with sun bears they may have a chance. Once people learn about sun bears they really start to love them and want to help.

To raise additional awareness about conserving bears from around the world, a film crew came to Borneo to film rare sun bears in the wild. The sun bear is just one of the eight species the documentary explores. I went with the film crew into bear country, otherwise they wouldn’t have known where to find the mysterious sun bears in Borneo. The film, Beartrek, is gripping and will captivate you if you watch it because you will discover the threats facing bears in the wild, and meet the dedicated people who are racing to save them from extinction. And more good news. Actress Joanna Bessey will host a travel documentary on Malaysia produced by BBC that will be aired on the worldwide network sometime in January. The documentary will include information about the need to conserve sun bears. I am happy the sun bears are finally getting some notice. Public attention is the one thing that may save them from extinction, because people who care will make some noise. Watch the movie trailer for Beartrek

Thank you for your help. We need you!

Profile Information

What do you love most about Ma Earth?
SHE gives birth of all life form on Earth and nurtures them with all the resources SHE had and never complains a thing.
What environmental issue concerns you most?
The destruction of the rainforest ecosystem.
Who is your Eco Hero/Heroine?
George Schaller
What actions are you taking to help heal the Earth?
Try my very best to influnce people on the plights of the mother Earth.
What's the best eco quote you've ever heard?
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."
— Mahatma Gandhi

“Only if we understand, can we care.
Only if we care, will we help.
Only if we help, shall they be saved.”
--- Jane Goodall (1990
What is your favorite green website?
http://www.mongabay.com/
What gives you the greatest hope for the future of the planet?
Biophilia- a nature of human beings love animals innately. As long as people is given the chance to learn and to love the nature, they will eventually love them. The problem is how we deliver the massage to them effectively. It might be tricky and not easy and cheap.
What else would you like to tell us about yourself?
Animal lover all my life. Decided to choose working with wildlife and help them as much as I could as my mission in life. Our own kind kills and eats them, destroy their home, and lock them in cages. I am here to help. Help the voiceless as much as I could. I try to influence other people as much as I could. Make others aware of the conservation issues.
What is your funniest eco moment?
there is none. Only sad moment. Maybe will have my funniest eco moment in the future when mother Earth is being treated better by our own kind.
What is your blog address?
http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/

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At 5:04pm on November 12, 2009, Ashley Wetzel said…
Thank you for the compliments on my blog. I have begun posting some of them here and mean to post more as time goes on. One of my biggest goals is to raise awareness.

Again, thank you so much for everything you do. I'll be sure to refer any questions I have regarding the Sun Bear to you.

Thanks,
Ashley
At 9:56pm on November 4, 2009, Ashley Wetzel said…
Hello Wong,

I became a member of UFP a couple months ago and I feel the need to tell you...

Your work is absolutely inspiring to me. I am now, sitting where you were a couple of years ago as a university student determined to give their life to conservation and the animals of the Earth. My interest are somewhat similar and yet very different, but you are slowly becoming one of my idols. The saying, "Lions, Tigers, and Bears! Oh my!" was, in my opinion, made for me. I hope to work with large carnivores like large cats and bears for the rest of my life. The work you've done has convinced me that it's possible. As well, I'm very sorry for the tragedies you must face everyday with the poor Sun Bears. It's so upsetting to see the things people do to animals without even a second thought. Everyday, my heart drops a little more with the approach of full-onslaught tiger farming, the pre-existing torture of bears, and the persecution of all our charismatic megafauna. You're a beautiful person and thank you sooooo soooo much for what you do each day. You are an inspiration to all of us students scratching at the graduation gate, desperately waiting to get out there in field with you and make a difference...

With love and admiration,
Ashley
At 1:36am on October 30, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
yes Siew you are right, everything was destroyed it's gone forever, but it's a step, i really need to be positive now because i feel that destiny of the world is in danger, i am so sad for that, i fell impotent, every day i fell as i could do more, so sad, thanks for your work there, i hope to make something special soon, cheers
At 11:05pm on October 28, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
This week the government of Eastern Malaysia signed an agreement to plant new trees on an area of land in Borneo! The area is 2,390 acres (1,500 soccer fields!)
These trees will be planted on forest areas that have been destroyed by illegal loggers.
If is truth Siew is a really good new!!
At 12:33pm on October 13, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
hi dear friend i have big news from Italy, i have a producer for my documentary about indonesian Borneo and i will come back soon in Kalimantan, in few month i hope. The documentary will sell to italian national television network and i had an idea, maybe i could ask to my producer if she want to produce another documentary about your work and your amazing bears, what do you think about it? after 27 of this month i will meet her, she is a wonderful person, she made many documentary about animals and environment, so i am sure will be a real good work, i will send you a mail for details, i am really positive because i want to show to more people as possible your work, and television it is a good way to do. Cheers and see you soon
At 3:06am on September 17, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
hi dear, sorry i am very busy in this period, i have news from my project, i will back in Borneo in april, i want to bring a little group of italian in Tanjung Putin, so i want to talk to you because i think maybe we can make the same in your country, i have many ideas about it, now i work just like free lance, in a travel agency, i want to organize Sustainable Tourism, i dont know if is the right word, in italy we call Turismo sostenibile, it is a special kind of turism, for support environment, endangered species and so on, i want really change situation there, also with little steps, so i hope to hear you soon, if you have skype send me your contact, please so we can speak by phone, ok? i big hug from me and italy bye, mtdecarolis@alice.it
At 3:54pm on September 6, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
hi friend, so if you like my idea i will do the possible and more for this cause, now i have many thinks to fix in my life, its a really hard period for me, but i will so soon i will send you a mail on your address i want to come back in Borneo, i miss the forest, miss orangutan and now i want to know yours wonderful bear, i couldnt live without animals and i want to make everything for them, a big big hug from me baci
At 11:21pm on September 3, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
hi Siew i come back and i have an idea to help you about bears: i am an artist and i sing in a choir a cappella, i know many musicians in Italy, think that maybe we can create a record for your cause, sorry our cause, so we can sell in internet and use the money for every kind of project around bear, what do you think about it? I live in Italy near Rome, but i hope to meet you one day, and i hope i will in your country. I waiting for your answer, bye
At 1:31am on August 16, 2009, Jeanette McDermott said…
Hi Wong -
I've got the video of the Borneo forests burning on the main page, to help make people aware of this issue and how it affects wildlife. I plug you and send folks to your blog. Keep me posted on your conservation concerns so we can keep generating awareness about the habitat issues in Borneo, which so desperately affect the sun bears. Be sure and blog about the construction of the bear houses here, and anything else relevant to the conservation work you are doing.
At 12:46pm on August 4, 2009, maria teresa de carolis said…
hi wong your work is so special! I will go to Kalimantan Tengah on 13 august for document logging and orangutan. I will stay 6 days i the national park of Tanjung Putin, and i know that jeanette will be in Borneo maybe the next year, can i? I want to change the world, not because it is wrong, but because human race doesn't respect it, i want to change the point of view of humans, maybe i am a crazy dreamer but i want to lay something to my children. So i will send you my diary, because i am a writer, and pictures and video, when i will come back. I hope to meet you one day, and i hope also help you as i can, a big hug to you, and become my friend bye

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Posted on February 20, 2010 at 8:58pm

The Asian Wildlife Trade



At a farm in Vietnam, bile is pumped from a sedated Asiatic black bear, violating national law. Thousands of wild bears have been captured to supply this traditional…

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We wish you a beary Christmas and happy new year!



On behalf of Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and all the sun bears in the world, I would like to wish you a BEARY Christmas and a Happy New Year!



Thank you all for being a big fan of sun bears and supporters of BSBCC over the past year. With your help and support in many ways, our first new bear house will be complete in two more months and soon the confiscated sun bears within our care can have a better and more natural home to… Continue

Posted on December 24, 2009 at 12:04pm — 1 Comment

The suckling behavior of captive sun bears





Today Sue from Leap posted a question at LEAP's blog http://leapspiral.blogspot.com/about suckling behavior of sun bears.



Here is my answer to the question:



Thanks for posting this behavior on sun bears that not many people know about. This sound is a “suckling” sound when the bear such a particular body part of themselves or other bears. It is fairly common among the captive sun bears, especially young ones. The… Continue

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Economy of Wildlife Trafficking

Globally, Interpol estimates the illegal trade to be worth $10-$20 billion a year. Conservation groups like the World Wide Fund for Nature have declared wildlife trade to be the second biggest direct threat to species survival, after habitat destruction. Read…

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