Sun bears: At home in the forest


Safe: At the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, sun bears get to roam and forage in a forested enclosure. This is part of the rehabilitation programme to enable the bears to be released into the wild. -CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

At a rescue facility in Sabah, sun bears, once kept in cramped cages, now get to live the way they were meant to.

Natalie is up to her usual antics. Strong and agile, she takes no time in clambering up a high tree. Then, she nimbly treads across a thin branch to reach the next tree.

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