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15-11-2008

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has transferred its Bornean Sun Bears in hopes to stimulate breeding in a more tropical climate.

Honolulu Zoo Welcomes 2 Borneo Bears - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu

18-11-2008

That's cool, when I was at the honolulu zoo this april I saw the sun bear exhibit and it looked way better than any other sun bear exhibit in the states. The whole exhibit had no fake rocks and only substrate and live trees for the bear to climb on.

18-11-2008

Good Idea, and the singapur zoo will send his polar bears to the Anchorage zoo to stimulate them...

It has nothing to do with the climate, if animals do not breed. Maybe the zoo should change the partners of the bornean sun beaers,and another magic word in Us-Zoos is:A.I.

18-11-2008

Artifical Insemination doesnt always work (and it is being tried)...the new bornean sun bear population has been very tricky with only one birth since the imporations. Animals have been moved around several times in hopes for reproductive stimulation...Honolulu just happens to be a Sun Bear SSP institution that happens to be in the tropics needing more sun bears, it couldnt hurt to think it might also stimulate breeding.

18-11-2008

Hasn't San Diego had two births so far? Or do you mean one successful pairing?

18-11-2008

sorry, I did mean just the one successful pairing...

19-11-2008

Actually,there have been 3 births since the import all at San Diego Zoo to the same parents. Danum in 2004,Bulan in 2006 and a new cub the was born at the end of October

19-11-2008

Last birth was twins.

20-11-2008

Excellent news!

29-01-2009

An article about the zoo's elephants. It appears the long awaited and decade long delay for a new elephant has been rescheduled to open in 2010.

The elephant in the room Honolulu Weekly

29-01-2009

Those are great news! When I went last year, the area where the exhibit is going to be located looked great and it looked to be at least three times or bigger than their current exhibit.