| Here's a report on the sunbear move to thier new enclosure by current volunteer Heather   They were sedated and then the vet allowed me to assist him with his health checks, they were weighed first and then he gave them a complete health check including a sample of blood to be analysed.   The weather was horrendous and in order to keep them dry and warm we transported them the short distance to their new home in a wheelbarrow covered in hessian sacks. One of this months volunteers, Bella, is a veterinary nurse and she was able to stay with all the bears while they were recovering. All 3 of them woke up after about an hour and surprised us all by being extremely calm and well adjusted to their new surroundings. They are now able to see each other through connecting grills in their night dens and it was expected that there would be some aggression when they saw each other but after a few growls of disapproval they left each other alone.   Once they had all recovered we left them alone to get used to their new surroundings in peace. Situ appeared quiet enough alone in her quarantine cage and all had gone well. We returned Saturday morning to find everything very peaceful, I had been concerned that Situ and Bernie may have been distressed at having been separated but they were both fine and all bears had eaten well. Situ showed no signs of missing Bernie in fact seemed to be quite content on her own, all the bears had recovered well and once Situ joins them next week we shall make plans to let them outside into their new enclosure, it has been a long time since these bears have been outside.The vet and our resident Conservation Officer John were great and very professional it is a great relief that with their expertise all went well.
More updates soon.... Heather
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posted by Clare @ 1:29 AM
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Updates on the Great Orangutan Project based at our rehab and releases centres in Borneo. Thanks to all the volunteers that help us save orangutans in Borneo. Visit www.thegreatprojects.com
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3 Comments:
At 3:03 AM,
Yvonne said…
At last, how fantastic to see the Sun Bears finally out of quarantine - it must have been a very emotional experience for everyone there. The work started on the wall when I was there last year so it is great to see the finished enclosures - it will be great when the Bears get to experience the "Great Outdoors" again. Many thanks to Heather and her Husband for their great contribution towards the welfare of the Sun Bears - Thank you and best wishes to everyone at Matang for all their hard work.
Love Yvonne xx
At 10:01 PM,
Leo said…
We appreciate the well wishes Yvonne, thanks to you and all the other volunteers who've made it possible for us to be here positively impacting on bears, oragutans and other endangered species.
Just so you know Situ was successfully moved and integrated a few days after this post. I'll be posting a video of it all shortly; along with the bears first few steps into the new enclosure.
Kind regards
Leo
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