List of bear protection facilities

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This list includes bear sanctuaries, bear forests, bear sanctuaries and bear sanctuaries around the world.

list

country near place Surname Opening year Area ha (stand) Number of bears (stand) Organizations involved Remarks

America

Canada Sprucedale , McMurrich / Monteith , Parry Sound District Bear With Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Center for Bears 1992 0.37 3 (2017) Bear With Us The main focus is on rehabilitation of injured or orphaned animals, trapping problem bears and improving the bear-human relationship

Asia

Cambodia Takeo Province Cambodian Bear Sanctuary at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center 1997 8th approx. 130 Free the Bears ;
Cambodian Forest Service
The world's largest sun bear reserve, additional collar bears , 24 outdoor enclosures
Laos Luang Prabang Luang Prabang Wildlife Sanctuary 2017 25th 5 (<150 planned) Free the Bears ;
Government of Laos
offers space for all gall bears in the country, as well as for confiscated animals of other species
Laos Luang Prabang Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Center 2002 0.5 (2017) > 40 (2017) Free the Bears ;
Government of Laos
Collar bears
Vietnam Ninh Bình Bear Forest Ninh Binh 2019 3.6 / 10 12/44 Four paws will be expanded further in 2019.
Vietnam Tam Đảo Vietnam Bear Rescue Center 2008 11 200 (planned) Animals Asia Foundation Black collar bears and sun bears, rescued 33 bile bears in 2015 from the province of Quảng Ninh , where there were no longer any bear farms
Vietnam Tân Phu Cat Tien Bear Sanctuary in Cat Tien National Park 2017 11 25 (2019) Free the Bears;
World Animal Protection Society;
Cat Tien National Park
In the Cat Tien Bear Rescue Center, three kilometers away, the forerunner of the facility built in 2017, there are 14 more collar bears that are also to be brought there with the planned expansion of the new center.
People's Republic of China Cheng you China Bear Rescue Center 2000 12 (2014) 140 (2014) Animals Asia Foundation Space for around 250 bears
People's Republic of China Nanning Nanning Bear Farm 2014 130 (2014) Animals Asia Foundation Bear farm taken over

Europe

Bulgaria Beliza Belitsa dancing bear park 2000 12 26th Four paws ;
Brigitte Bardot Foundation
there are mainly former dancing bears from Bulgaria and Serbia
Germany Anholt Anholter Bear Forest
(closed on September 30, 2019)
1999 2.5 9 (2017) International Bear Federation;
German Animal Welfare Association
four brown bears and five collar bears,
property owned by Carl-Philipp zu Salm-Salm
Germany Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach Alternative wolf and bear park in the Black Forest 2010 10 (2005) 9 (02/2018) Foundation for Bears; Bears live with eight wolves and two lynxes (2018)
Germany Leinefelde-Worbis Alternative bear park in Worbis 1996 5 (2005) 9 (02/2018) Foundation for Bears;
(formerly: Aktion Bärenhilfswerk)
Bears live with seven wolves (2018)
Germany Steer Bear Forest Müritz 2006 16 (2017) 16 (09/2017) Four paws Western Europe's largest bear sanctuary
Kosovo Mramor Bear forest Pristina 2013 9 (2019) 19 (2019) Four paws
Croatia Kuterevo Kuterevo Bear Refuge 2002 4 (2016) 8 (2017) Velebitska Udruga Kuterevo Protection station for orphaned young brown bears
Austria Arbesbach Bear forest Arbesbach 1998 1.4 (2018) 7th Four paws The first bear protection center from Vier Pfoten
Poland Poses Bear enclosure in the Poznan Zoo 2013 2.5 (2019) 6 (2019) Four paws ;
Poznan Zoo
Romania Zărneşti Libearty Bear Sanctuary 2005 69 (2017) 90 (04/2017) Asociația Milioane de Prieteni;
World Animal Protection
largest bear sanctuary in Europe and - according to own statements - the largest for brown bears worldwide
Switzerland Arosa Arosa bear sanctuary 2018 3 (maximum 5) 1 (2018)
Total 5
Four paws ;
Arosa Tourism;
Arosa mountain railways
Highest bear sanctuary in Europe. Also serves tourist purposes.
Ukraine Lviv Domazhyr Bear Forest 2017 approx. 20 (completed 7.7) Max. 30th Four paws mainly serves to accommodate former fighting bears.
Ukraine Berezivka , Zhytomyr White Rock Bear Shelter 2012 6.5 4 (04/2019) Save Wild mainly fighting bears
Ukraine Mishhirja Ukrainian brown bear rehabilitation center in Synevyr National Park 2011 12 Ministry of Ecology Catchment area for official animal protection

literature

  • Lisa Kemmerer (Ed.): Bear Necessities. Rescue, Rehabilitation, Sanctuary, and Advocacy , Brill, Leiden and Boston 2015, ISBN 978-90-04-29290-1 , pp. 81-89, preview in Google Book Search
  • Dan Wakeman, Wendy Shymanski: Fortress of the Grizzlies: The Kheuteymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary , Heritage House, Victoria 2003, ISBN 978-1-894384-33-9
  • Victor Watkins: Bear Sanctuary , Bear Sanctuary Publications 2011, ISBN 9780956778505

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Marilyn Cole: Bear With Us in: The Bear Essentials. A Survey of Captive American Black Bears In Ontario , Zoocheck Canada, Toronto 1999, p. 23, digitized
  2. a b About Us. In: bearwithus.org. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  3. a b Virtual Visitation. In: bearwithus.org. March 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  4. a b c Free the Bears. (No longer available online.) In: wildlifeasia.org.au. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018 ; Retrieved November 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wildlifeasia.org.au
  5. a b c Volunteer in Cambodia. (No longer available online.) In: freethebears.org. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017 ; Retrieved November 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freethebears.org
  6. a b c d An update from Free the Bears Fund. In: actionforthewild.org. October 24, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
  7. a b Getting ready to move to a new home! In: facebook.com. July 16, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017 .
  8. a b c Bear Forest Ninh Binh. In: vier-pfoten.at. January 9, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
  9. a b c d Vietnam Bear Sanctuary. (No longer available online.) In: animalsasia.org. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015 ; accessed on November 11, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.animalsasia.org
  10. Vietnam Sanctuary. In: freethebears.org. Accessed April 11, 2019 .
  11. a b c Bile bears in Vietnam. In: Welttierschutzgesellschaft eV Accessed on April 11, 2019 (German).
  12. a b c China Bear Sanctuary. (No longer available online.) In: animalsasia.org. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015 ; accessed on November 11, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.animalsasia.org
  13. a b The cast of Downton Abbey come to the aid of Guangxi's moon bears. In: scmp.com. June 29, 2014, accessed November 11, 2017 .
  14. Nanning Bear Farm. (No longer available online.) In: animalsasia.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 11, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.animalsasia.org  
  15. a b c DANCING BEARS PARK Belitsa. In: vier-pfoten.org. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  16. Axel Schepers: The bears from Anholter Switzerland are gone. In: The Weseler. October 1, 2019, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  17. a b c d Anholter Bear Forest. In: anholter-baerenwald.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  18. a b goals. In: baer.de. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  19. a b outdoor facilities. In: baer.de. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  20. Bears (Black Forest). In: baer.de. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
  21. Wolves (Black Forest). In: baer.de. Retrieved February 14, 2018 .
  22. Bears (Worbis). In: baer.de. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
  23. 64 bears freed. In: baer.de. July 30, 2014, accessed February 11, 2018 .
  24. Wolves (Worbis). In: baer.de. Retrieved on February 14, 2018 (German).
  25. On the trail of the bears. In: ndr.de. May 12, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  26. a b c The park. In: baerenwald-mueritz.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  27. Bear Forest Pristina , from April 3, 2019 in Vier-pfoten.at
  28. ↑ Pristina Bear Forest. In: vier-pfoten.at. November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  29. a b Refuge. In: baerenfreunde-kuterevo.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  30. ^ Adrian Zoricic: Bear enclosure Kuterevo - the bear village in Velebit. In: kroatien-adrialin.de. February 9, 2016, accessed November 1, 2017 .
  31. residents. In: baerenfreunde-kuterevo.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  32. a b c d Arbesbach Bear Forest. In: vier-pfoten.at. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
  33. a b c Bear enclosure in the Poznan Zoo. In: vier-pfoten.at. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .
  34. First cubs born at Libearty Bear Sanctuary 12 years after facility's establishment. In: agerpres.ro. April 27, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017 .
  35. Diana Schanzenbach: Romania: How to help old bears in the Carpathian Mountains. In: welt.de. September 3, 2009, accessed September 9, 2017 .
  36. Bear sanctuary. In: ampbears.ro. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
  37. a b c Arosa Bear Sanctuary: Arosa Bear Sanctuary. In: vier-pfoten.ch. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  38. a b c d Domaschyr bear forest. In: vier-pfoten.org. October 31, 2018, accessed October 31, 2018 .
  39. a b c White Rock Bear Shelter. In: savewild.org. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .
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