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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, Laos. SUCCESS! Our team have rescued a young, orphaned sun bear confined to a small cage in the far south of Laos & are on the 1,000km long and difficult journey home. Great work team, safe travels! This is the 24th bear we've rescued in Laos in 2024, and we're not even halfway through the year! Special thanks to our government partners of the Sekong Provincial Office of Forest Inspection (POFI) and thank you to YOU, our wonderful supporters, for allowing another sun bear to be sp