Comments on: Conserving Ursids: Sun Bears http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/05/07/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sena http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/05/07/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-395208 Sena Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:28:15 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/#comment-395208 Sun bears seem to be solitary, but little is known of their social organization in the wild. ha sumthing u didnt have!!! Sun bears seem to be solitary, but little is known of their social organization in the wild. ha sumthing u didnt have!!!

]]> By: Helena Handbasket http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/05/07/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-258748 Helena Handbasket Fri, 16 May 2008 15:45:02 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/#comment-258748 I love the sun bears. I am saddened that their natural habitat is declining at such a rapid rate. I hope the SD Zoo and other zoos around the world can keep them in existence for their own sakes and for humans's sakes as well. With each species that becomes extinct, I think we are all a little poorer for it. Does anyone besides me remember when their exhibit first opened? That was a number of years ago, and I remember the Zoo had created a gorgeous habitat for them that was carefully researched and planned, and was as close to the real thing as you could possibly get without being in the wild. The exhibit opened with great fanfare, and I believe I went to see it a month or two after it opened. What I found made me chuckle a bit. The feisty sun bears had apparently loved their enclosure so much that they immediately commenced to chewing, scratching, digging holes, ripping bark off the trees, and generally demoing the whole place with gusto! I was sorry to see those little bears had done so much damage to the lovely (and expensive) enclosure, but I was glad they apparently had so much fun doing it. Ironic, isn't it? Maybe they were just trying to send humans a message that despite our best efforts, an enclosure is still a cage, and it just ain't the same as the real thing. I love the sun bears. I am saddened that their natural habitat is declining at such a rapid rate. I hope the SD Zoo and other zoos around the world can keep them in existence for their own sakes and for humans’s sakes as well. With each species that becomes extinct, I think we are all a little poorer for it.

Does anyone besides me remember when their exhibit first opened? That was a number of years ago, and I remember the Zoo had created a gorgeous habitat for them that was carefully researched and planned, and was as close to the real thing as you could possibly get without being in the wild.

The exhibit opened with great fanfare, and I believe I went to see it a month or two after it opened. What I found made me chuckle a bit. The feisty sun bears had apparently loved their enclosure so much that they immediately commenced to chewing, scratching, digging holes, ripping bark off the trees, and generally demoing the whole place with gusto!

I was sorry to see those little bears had done so much damage to the lovely (and expensive) enclosure, but I was glad they apparently had so much fun doing it. Ironic, isn’t it? Maybe they were just trying to send humans a message that despite our best efforts, an enclosure is still a cage, and it just ain’t the same as the real thing.

]]> By: Pamela G http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/05/07/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-257069 Pamela G Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/#comment-257069 Thank you Suzanne. We are building a new house, and I will ensure that the products we use will not help destroy more of these lovely bears' habitat. Thank you Suzanne. We are building a new house, and I will ensure that the products we use will not help destroy more of these lovely bears’ habitat.

]]> By: Shirley Sykes http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2008/05/07/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-252333 Shirley Sykes Thu, 08 May 2008 01:03:50 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conserving-ursids-sun-bears/#comment-252333 Thanks, Suzanne, for a truly important message for all of us. I have tried to be more " ingredient-conscious" when shopping and to choose alternate items when my first choice proved to have palm oil in it. I love the sun bears and orangutans and it's painful to think of their nearness to extinction, and I've resolved to be even more careful in my choices of foods and cosmetic items. Your " heads-up" is certainly timely! Thanks, Suzanne, for a truly important message for all of us. I have tried to be more ” ingredient-conscious” when shopping and to choose alternate items when my first choice proved to have palm oil in it. I love the sun bears and orangutans and it’s painful to think of their nearness to extinction, and I’ve resolved to be even more careful in my choices of foods and cosmetic items. Your ” heads-up” is certainly timely!

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