Free The Bears Fund Inc.

Laos Bears - Luang Prabang Rescue Centre

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Information about bears and Free The Bears Fund Inc.'s projects
 
 
 
This section of the website is all about the bears.

Find fun facts and more detailed information about Asiatic Black Bears (the type of bear cared for at the Tat Kuang Si sanctuary), we also have a section describing the threats faced by this endangered species and galleries of some of our favourite photos from Tat Kuang Si and Phnom Tamao.

For more information on our projects and how you can help, see the Free The Bears page.
 
     
 
Section Details:
  • Free The Bears:
    A brief background to Free The Bears Fund Inc. (the Australia based charity and sponsors of the rescue centre at Tat Kuang Si).  Also includes a link to the main Free The Bears website, packed with more information about bears, details of projects worldwide and information about how you can help.
  • Fun Facts:
    An illustrated introduction to Asiatic Black Bears.
  • More Bear Facts:
    Some more detailed facts about the Asiatic Black Bear.
  • Dangers:
    The Asiatic Black Bear is listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Appendix I - the most critical category of endangerment.  Numbers are becoming dangerously low in the wild, this section looks at some of the threats to the Asiatic Black Bear.
  • Gallery 1:
    A selection of some of our favourite pictures from the bears of the rescue centre at Tat Kuang Si, Luang Prabang, Laos.
  • Gallery 2:
    Lots more bear pictures, this time from the Free The Bears rescue centre at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.