Here are 14 reasons why the sun bear should be your new favourite animal 😍🐻 #BearsAboutTheHouse | BBC Earth

Folks, the sun bear is real! The viral animal is a sun bear, Helarctos malayanus, that naturally lives in the warm tropical forests of Southeast Asia, though the species is found in zoos around the world, too. In a snippet of a video shot at the Hangzhou Zoo in China, one, with some imagination, might mistake the standing bear for a costumed park employee tolerating extreme summer heat inside a bear exhibit (which would be an absolutely terrible summer job). Rest assured, it's a bear, though the

Happy #SunBearSunday. It is for Laos Rescue #103, an orphaned male sun bear cub found wandering on a highway in Laos on Friday, likely an escaped or abandoned 'pet' hand-reared after his mother was killed by poachers. He's now safely in quarantine at our #LuangPrabangWildlifeSanctuary thanks to a good samaritan picking him up & handing him to our government partners & our CEO Matt jumping straight into a rescue truck to collect him. You've helped us rescue 3 endangered bears in the past week, wh

BREAKING NEWS, LAOS: Sun Bear Rescue! We've just heard of a juvenile sun bear in need of help. We don’t have much information yet as to whether it is male or female, or how old it is. The bear is being kept in deplorable conditions in the Laos capital of Vientiane, and our team is currently setting up a rescue. Watch this space for updates & (if you can) please help us rescue this poor little soul with a small donation here. We really appreciate your support & couldn't do what we do without you.

RESCUE UPDATE: Our rescue team is now on the road rescuing this sun bear which has been kept in a small cage for 16 years. Please check here tomorrow for rescue highlights. This is the LAST caged bear in Binh Phuoc Province, bringing Vietnam one province closer to ending the suffering of sun bears & moon bears caged in bear bile farms & the illegal wildlife trade. Special thanks to our Vietnam government partners from Binh Phuoc FPD & Cat Tien National Park, & our dedicated team in Vietnam. This