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ProFauna Demands for the Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sumatera to Stop - Sep 23, 2008 The Open Press (press release)Many protected species like the slow loris, agile gibbon, mitered-leaf monkey, langur, eagle, sulphur-crested Cockatoo, siamang, sun bear, etc., Zookeepers learn the finer aspects of husbandry - Sep 2, 2008 Malaysia Star,...participants were involved in practicals such as restraining, tagging and treating animals including a Malaysian sun bear, an estuarine crocodile, Fundraiser to auction animal works at Miller Park Zoo - Aug 30, 2008 Bloomington Pantagraph,Miller Park is home to: the Sumatran tiger; a sun bear; callimico, a species of small monkey; pallas cats; a red panda; radiated tortoise; snow leopard; Zoo's oldest resident dies - Sep 1, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),...named for his tendency to bite. He arrived at Wellington Zoo in December 1949 along with a lemur, a sun bear, eight monkeys and another gibbon.’ Angry bear strikes - Aug 4, 2008 Independent Online,Two species of bear can be found in Cambodia: the sun bear and the Asiatic black bear. Both face threat of extinction. Bears are called "honey tigers" in The Bears of Balikpapan bring footy to Borneo - Aug 9, 2008 World Footy News,In honour of the Kalimantan Sun Bear found in the surrounding jungle, the team took on the name "Bears", starting a relationship between the club and a Nature getaway - Aug 9, 2008 Malaysia Star,Among them are the Asian elephant, Malayan tiger, leopard, sun bear, Sumatran rhinoceros and Malayan tapir. Ten hornbill species can also be found within Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and ... - Jul 28, 2008 7thSpace Interactive (press release),The sun bear is the sister taxon to both the American and Asian black bears, and this clade is the sister clade of cave bear, brown bear and polar bear Welcome to the jungle - Aug 7, 2008 Delaware County Daily Times,BBSNP, a 3568-square kilometer area, protects the Asian elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, Malayan sun bear and Indian wild dog. BFR has also saved cheetahs, Tautphaus Park Zoo Will Get Asian Sloth Bears - Jul 23, 2008 KPVI-TV,And it will fill a need that has been missing since Susie the sun bear died in 1990. Bill Gersonde: "Our guest surveys indicate that bears are one of the Deutsche Börse: Social And Corporate Commitment To Be Continued ... - Jul 22, 2008 Exchange News Direct,...interests of promoting the location, Deutsche Börse Group has lent its support to the Frankfurt Zoo, and has adopted a mishmi takin bull and a sun bear. Emotion colors debate over 'Crayola Eight' - 25 Apr 2008 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Collectively known as the Crayola Eight, the hues are called Awesome, Famous, Best Friends, Super Happy, Giving Tree, Fun in the Sun, Bear Hug and Happy HANDS ON: Students learn about rare species - 25 Apr 2008 Kent Online,The pupils got to meet the most recent arrivals at the centre; two sun bear cubs, Srey Ya and Jo-Jo. Sun bears are the smallest species of bear in the world Outrage over dead bear - Apr 9, 2008 Malaysia Star,MIRI: Animal lovers have criticised the State Wildlife Department and local authorities for failing to rescue an abused sun bear which died at a private Probe into bear’s death - Apr 15, 2008 Malaysia Star,MIRI: Top officials of the Miri City Council and Sarawak Forestry are probing the circumstances leading to the death of an endangered sun bear at a private Improving their living conditions - Apr 18, 2008 Malaysia Star,...chimpanzee and orang utan), big cats (Sumatran tiger, Gir lion and leopard), bears (Asiatic black bear, Brown bear and Malayan sun bear) and elephants. Monkeys rescued from farm - Apr 17, 2008 Malaysia Star,This is second time in two weeks that the farm has been raided following public outcry over the death of the sun bear that had been caged up for months. Grizzly-of-the-Sun - Apr 15, 2008 Seattle Post IntelligencerAnd it is what led to our cross country trip looking for other bright sparks of light in these difficult times. Faces on Grizzly-of-the-sun bear paws. Group: No pet permits for wildlife animals - Apr 21, 2008 Malaysia Star,Penang-based Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) president SM Mohd Idris said yesterday the recent death of the sun bear at a private farm here due to prolonged Dave & Buster’s sale - Apr 23, 2008 Financial News Online US,MidOcean Partners, Bain Capital and Lion Capital have entered the fray for Dave & Buster’s, a portfolio company of Wellspring Capital Management, 'Ban people from keeping wildlife as pets' - Apr 19, 2008 Malaysia Star,SAM president SM Mohd Idris said the recent death of a sun bear at a private farm in Miri after prolonged abused, was a classic example of the horrible and Tycoons buying endangered animals as 'status symbols' - Apr 12, 2008 Malaysia Star,Abin was commenting on The Star’s reports about a sun bear that died after it was kept in a tiny cage for more than six months for display to tourists at a Buyout Shops Said to Circle Dave & Buster’s - Apr 21, 2008 New York Times Blogs,The auction of Dave & Buster’s, a portfolio company of Wellspring Capital Management, has reached the second round, with roughly six bidders vying for the Laws are okay, but enforcement is poor, says UNDP - Apr 12, 2008 Malaysia Star,A farm worker alerted The Star over the death of the sun bear, saying it died after the owner hid it inside a forested area while it was still in the small Kissing a python - Mar 29, 2008 Malaysia Star,I have to confess, however, that I fell in love with the Malayan sun bear at first sight. It sat up when I called out to it and started making the most Not your ordinary day job for veterinarian - Apr 23, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),Franklin Zoo keeper, James, is currently helping locals in Borneo to build a sanctuary for the sun bear, and another keeper, Graeme, is helping zoos set up Evidence Of Glaciers On Mars Suggests Recent Climate Activity - Apr 23, 2008 SlashdotWhen discussing changes in the sun, bear in mind the earth would be effected a lot more then Mars. by ricree (969643) by naoursla (99850) 23 Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-NSIC Honors - Apr 1, 2008 CSP Athletics,Apr. 01– The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced its All-Academic Teams for the 2007-08 winter athletic season. Seeing Spots? Spotted Hyenas Debut at Zoo - Feb 14, 2008 Imperial Valley News,California - Two spotted hyena brothers have debuted at the San Diego Zoo and have quickly acclimated to their habitat, near the top of Sun Bear Forest. Bike maintenance for women - Feb 6, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,Sun. Bear Valley Mountain Resort, Highway 207 at Highway 4, Bear Valley. (From the Bay Area: Interstate 580 east to Highway 205 east to Highway 120 east to COURT NEWS - Feb 19, 2008 Sheridan County Journal Star,Angela R. Sun Bear, disturbing the peace, $100 fine. Jared R. Rodriguez, minor in possession, 12 months probation to the court. Meghan R. White Pipe, Creature keepers - Jan 30, 2008 Explorer News,Juaquen and Japura are the zoo’s South American Spectacled Bears, and Drascena is a 28-year-old Sun Bear. Bear by bear, Cassie works her way down the Deer spotted downtown - Jan 28, 2008 Tallahassee Democrat,Now I am not anti-Democrat but I mean publishing a story about a damn deer.. i could understand if it was a Malayan Sun Bear or a Western lowland gorilla Planting a corridor of life - Feb 9, 2008 New Straits Times,When I looked up, I saw marks left behind by what I think was a sun bear. I was really scared then,� Azlin says. Habitat was set up in 2003 to rehabilitate Johor Buzz: A tiger cub’s tale - Jan 28, 2008 New Straits Times,I am rather keen on Maya, a Malaysian sun bear, but I’ma little afraid of her. Although she is only five months old, she’s rather intimidating when she More bear species threatened with extinction - Nov 12, 2007 New Scientist (subscription),The group has updated its Red List of Endangered Species to reflect the fact that the smallest of all bears and perhaps the most reclusive – the sun bear Six of 8 bear species at risk of extinction: group - Nov 12, 2007 Reuters UK,The sun bear is threatened partly by poachers who sell its gall bladder bile in China as a traditional medicine, said the World Conservation Union which World's Smallest Bear Faces Extinction - Nov 12, 2007 The Associated PressThe sun bear, whose habitat stretches from India to Indonesia, has been classified as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union. More bear species under threat of extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Xinhua,The group said that the smallest of all bears and perhaps the most reclusive -- the sun bear -- is also now "vulnerable" to extinction, Bear species: six of eight face extinction - Nov 11, 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,The smallest, the sun bear, is the latest to be classified as vulnerable on the Red List of Threatened Species. Of the other species four - Asiatic black Concern grows for smallest bear - Nov 12, 2007 BBC News,..."We are working with governments, protected area managers, conservation groups and local people to prevent extinctions of the many small, isolated sun bear More Bad News for Bears - Nov 26, 2007 E/The Environmental Magazine,The international non-profit World Conservation Union/IUCN added Asia’s sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), to its Red List of the planet’s most endangered Tiny sun bear listed as 'vulnerable' - Nov 13, 2007 United Press International13 (UPI) -- The world's smallest bear, the sun bear, is now "vulnerable" on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Species, the Swiss-based Sun bear gets 'vulnerable' listing due to deforestation, poaching - Nov 12, 2007 Mongabay.comThe sun bear, the world's smallest bear, has been added to the global list of species threatened with extinction, said the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Smallest species joins other bears on red list - Nov 13, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The smallest species of bear, the sun bear, has been included on the red list of threatened species for the first time, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Bear essentials - Nov 15, 2007 Irish Independent,Other than this, little is known about the sun bear. Until this year, he was classified as "data deficient" on the International Union for the Conservation Six of the Eight Bear Species at Risk of Extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Environment News ServiceThe world's smallest species of bear, the sun bear, Helarctos malayanus, has been newly classed as Vulnerable. The sun bear's new status has been accepted VIDEO: World`s Smallest Bear Becoming Extinct - Nov 12, 2007 Javno.hr,The average sun bear is about 1.2 metres tall, which makes it the smallest member in the bear family. It is ofter referred to as “dog bear� due to its size. Six of the world's bear species under threat of extinction - Nov 13, 2007 RIA Novosti,...co-chair of the IUCN Bear Specialist Group's sun bear expert team, adding that still little is known about the biology and ecology of this species. Care Bears may lose one of their own to global warming; Sun Bear ... - Nov 13, 2007 The Spoof (satire),There they stood all day and all into the night Staring at the Wishing Tree wishing Sun Bear off the red list as brightly rainbow colored streams of light Sun Bears reclassified by IUCN as Vulnerable - Nov 13, 2007 Mongabay.comCo-chair of the IUCN Bear Specialist Group, Dave Garshelis, states that "although we do not have any reliable population estimates for the sun bear, Bear species on the brink of extinction - Nov 13, 2007 Earthtimes,This year the Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) has been added to that list. The Sun bear is abundant in Southeast Asia, but in recent years its population has Seventy-five percent of bear species threatened with extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Sunday Times.au,Added to the 2007 IUCN Red list is also the Sun bear, a small bear that lives throughout Southeast Asia. The IUCN estimates that Sun bear populations have More bear species threatened with extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,The sun bear, the world's smallest species of bear, has been included on the list for the first time. Photograph: Gabriella Fredriksson/IUCN Six of the Asian bears at risk from poaching, deforestation: wildlife group - Nov 12, 2007 AFPThe sun bear, which lives in mainland southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo, has been classed as 'vulnerable' by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in its Bears Put On Notice For Extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Environmental Graffiti,Five other species are listed as vulnerable, most recently the Sun bear. The other four vulnerable species are the Polar bear, Sloth bear, Andean bear, Bad news bears - Nov 15, 2007 Reno News & Review,The group recently added the sun bear to its "Red List" of threatened wildlife. Weighing up to 150 pounds, the sun bear is the world's smallest type of bear Majority of world's bears 'at risk of extinction' - Nov 13, 2007 International Animal Rescue,The World Conservation Union (IUCN) said that the planet's smallest species of bear, the sun bear, has been classed as vulnerable, while the giant panda Rare bears' mating efforts fail to produce cubs, so science steps in - Nov 7, 2007 Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,So little is known about them that the World Conservation Union categorizes the sun bear as "data deficient." The animals are found in the lowland forests Six of world's eight bear species under threat of extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Grist Magazine,Six of those eight are under threat of extinction, as the sun bear today joined four of its bear-ethren in the "vulnerable" classification on the World Third of all species 'at risk' - Nov 13, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,The sun bear, the Asiatic black bear, the Sloth bear, the Andean bear, the Polar bear and the giant panda are on the 2007 red list drawn up by the World Ahead of the Bell: Wyeth - Nov 12, 2007 Forbes,AP 11.12.07, 9:22 AM ET Shares of drug developer Wyeth inched up in premarket electronic trading Monday, but a Bear Stearns analyst downgraded the company, Six out of eight species of bear at risk of extinction - Nov 15, 2007 Raw Story,Three other Asian species -- the sun bear, Asiatic black bear, and sloth bear -- are threatened by commercial hunting as well as by habitat loss. Six of eight bear species close to extinction - Nov 13, 2007 Malaysia Sun,Added to the vulnerable list this year is the Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus ), a species of small bear that lives throughout Southeast Asia. Wildlife trade needs stopping - Nov 13, 2007 Bangkok Post,The sun bear, the world's smallest bear species, is hunted in regional forests because it is prized in China for, of all things, its bile, which is thought * at market close - Nov 13, 2007 Wall Street JournalThey include polar bears and the Sun bear of Southeast Asia. Hunting and human encroachment are the main reasons behind the declines. Central Arizona College News, 11/14/07 - Nov 14, 2007 Casa Grande Valley Newspapers,In his full-time role as a medical illustrator, Adrian is studying the anatomy of mammals such as the red panda and sun bear, as well as pygmy and common FEATURE-Indonesia pins hopes on forests at Bali meeting - Nov 20, 2007 ReutersMany animals such as pygmy elephants, orangutans as well as the clouded leopard, the sun bear and the Bornean gibbon top the list of Borneo's endangered Teen activist honored for work with seals - Nov 21, 2007 The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,Interested in an endangered sun bear kept in Australia's Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Marcelo decided to raise money for the species. Paradise lost? - Nov 12, 2007 Greenpeace UK,Just today, one of the Greenpeace crew spied a sun bear at the side of the converted area, desperately searching for food before heading back into the Zoo director discusses his great job, unique on-the-job injuries - Nov 5, 2007 Bloomington Pantagraph,As a result, the zoo is home to a Sumatran tiger; a Sun bear; callimico, a species of small monkeys; pallas cats; a red panda; radiated tortoise; [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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