For me: Malayan Sun Bear (Chester) Spectacled Bear (Chester, South Lakes) Polar Bear (Copenhagen) Eurasian Brown Bear (Copenhagen, Salzburg, Welsh Mountain) Should see Giant Panda once Copenhagen's new exhibit opens.
I've seen: Asiatic Black Bear (Dudley, Berlin, Madrid, Pairi Daiza) Best: Pairi Daiza, purely because it isn;t concrete.. Malayan Sun Bear (Chester, Colchester. Madrid, Berlin, Cologne) Best: Colchester American Black Bear (Woburn, Tierpark Berlin, Madrid) - Best: Woburn American Grizzly bear (Cologne) Sri Lankan Sloth Bear (Whipsnade) Indian Sloth Bear (Berlin) Polar Bear (Yorkshire WP, Berlin, Tierpark Berlin, Wuppertal, Fleche) Best: Yorkshire WP Spectacled Bear (Chester, South Lakes, Port Lympne, Berlin) Best: Chester Giant Panda (Edinburgh, Beauval, Pairi Daiza, Madrid) Best: Beauval Brown Bear (Whipsnade) European Brown Bear (Wildwood, Beauval, Dartmoor, Madrid) Best: Wildwood Kamchatka Brown Bear (Fleche) Syrian Brown Bear (Dartmoor)
- American Black Bear (Woburn Safari Park) - Asiatic Black Bear (Berlin Zoologischer Garten) - Bornean Sun Bear (Lok Kawi, Miri Crocodile Farm) - European Brown Bear (Wildpark Gangelt) - Polar Bear (Berlin Zoologischer Garten, Singapore Zoo) - Indian Sloth Bear (Berlin Zoologischer Garten)
I'm not sure how big the enclosure is but for the two animals that live there it is more than practical for them.There are photos of the exhibit in the Chester Zoo media gallery.
I've seen: Polar Bear Alaskan Brown Bear Indian Sloth Bear American Black Bear Asiatic Black Bear Malayan Sun Bear Andean Bear Giant Panda
The following measurements are taken from the published plans for the sun bear exhibit. Indoor show den 89 m², six off-show dens 6 to 8 m² (remember that this enclosure could hold binturongs as well as the sun bears), right hand outdoor area 1500 m² and left hand outdoor area 950 m².
I've seen polar, brown, black, sun, sloth, and Andean bears. I want to see giant pandas. In the wild I've seen black and brown (grizzly) bears.
I think the most interesting bear exhibit in captivity would have to be the kermode bear at British Columbia Wildlife Park: 2.7 Acre Kermode Bear Exhibit - see the bear? | ZooChat This is a white morph of the American black bear and is the only one in captivity worldwide. Here in the States it is relatively easy to see all eight species in captivity, which I have done and I am sure several other members have done. Over the course of the last year I have also seen American black and Alaskan brown in the wild. Black bear in Sequoia National Park July 2017, brown bear in Denali National Park September 2016 (both at very close range). Best exhibits I have personally seen: Chester Zoo, UK (spectacled bear) Northwest Trek, USA (Am black bear, Grizzly bear)
The UK's best ever bear exhibit may have been the Himalayan black bear exhibit at Glasgow, which I saw a few months before the zoo closed. It was a wooded hillside and covered 1.6 hectares. It won a UFAW award in 1989 and was described in IZYB volume 29.
I think, I saw all of the recent species of bears: - American black bear (Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, Arnheim) - Spectacled bear (Dortmund, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, etc.) - Sri-lankan sloth bear (Zoo Berlin) - Polar bear (Duisburg, Cologne, Münster, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen, Blijdorp, etc.) - European Brown bear (Gelsenkirchen, Zoo in der Wingst) - Grizzly (Cologne) - Giant Panda (Berlin, Pairi Daiza) - Indian sloth bear (Berlin, Leipzig, Beekse Bergen) - Kamchatkan brown bear (Gelsenkirchen, Hagenbeck, Duisburg long time ago) - Kodiak bear (Gelsenkirchen, Wuppertal, Münster, Duisburg, Circus) - Asian black bear (Gelsenkirchen, Berlin, Frankfurt) - Sun bear (Arnheim, Cologne, Münster, Berlin) - Syrian brown bear (Münster, Gelsenkirchen) I like the polar bear enclosure at Blijdorp, also the ones for spectacled bears in Antwerp, Frankfurt and Duisburg.
I've seen all the bear species in captivity. American Black Bear (including the "Glacier Bear" previously exhibited at the Alaska Zoo). Best: Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. Brown Bears - Kodiak Brown Bear (in America and Europe) - North American Grizzly (several American zoos) - European Brown Bear (several European zoos) - Syrian Brown Bear (Heidelberg Zoo) - Kamchatka Brown Bear (Antwerp Zoo) - Hokkaido Brown Bear (Ueno Zoo, Deagu Zoo) Overall best: Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Asiastic Black Bear (a few Asian Zoos and a couple American ones). Best: Roger Williams Park Zoo. Andean Bear (Several American and European Zoos). Best: Frankfurt Zoo. Sloth Bear (Zoos in Japan and America...I'm sure Europe as well). Best: Woodland Park Zoo. Sun Bear (Zoos in Asia, Europe, and America). Best: Not sure.... Giant Panda (National Zoo, Ueno Zoo, Atlanta Zoo). Best: National Zoo. Polar Bear (Zoos in Asia, Europe, and America). Best: Rotterdam Zoo. Although I have high hopes for the The Alaska Zoo's upcoming renovation. I've also been fortunate enough to see all three North American bears in the wild: Polar Bears along Alaska's northern coast. Black Bears in Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, and California. Brown Bears in Alaska. Specifically Coastal Brown Bears, Toklat Grizzly Bears, and Barren-ground Grizzlies.
American Black Bears at Turtle Back in NJ Grizzlies at Central Park and Bronx Polar Bears at the Bronx. Spectacled Bears soon as I'm going to Queens Zoo Asiatic Black Bears in Philadelphia Sloth Bears at the National Zoo (HATE this enclosure)
American Black Bear - Hogle Zoo (Years Ago) Grizzly Bear - San Diego Zoo and Hogle Zoo Sloth Bear - San Diego Zoo (Brief Glimpse Years Ago) Sun Bear - San Diego Zoo Polar Bear - Hogle Zoo, San Diego Zoo, and Seaworld San Diego (Years Ago) Giant Panda - San Diego Zoo Spectacled Bear - San Diego Zoo
American Black Bear (Bearizona) Japanese Black Bear (Ueno Zoo) Kodiak Bear (San Diego Zoo) Grizzly Bear (Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center) Hokkaido Brown Bear (Ueno Zoo) Sloth Bear (San Diego Zoo) Polar Bear (Zoorasia) Panda (National Zoo) Sun Bear (San Diego Zoo) Asian Black Bear (Ueno Zoo) Andean Bear (San Diego Zoo) Eurasian Brown Bear (San Diego Zoo)
I have seen: Brown Bear (Eurasian, Syrian, Grizzly, Kodiak) Polar Bear Asian Black Bear American Black Bear Sun Bear Sloth Bear Giant Panda
I have seen... Andean Bear (Chester) Sun Bear (Chester) Brown Bear (Welsh Mountain, Whipsnade) Also I forgot to see the Sloth Bear on my trip to Whipsnade unfortunatley. I hope to visit again though.
