The Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Its Malay and Indonesian name is Beruang Madu (”Honey Bear”). The BSBCC Bear Necessities Fundraiser Event has raised an estimate of MYR 1.3 million for sun-bear rehabilitation and conservation centre in Sepilok, Sandakan.

One of the researchers of Sun Bears, Wong Siew Te (a.k.a. Sun Bear Man), a Ph.D. candidate under the Wildlife Biology Program, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, is an animal lover. He has decide to devote his life to save the wildlifes from being harmed and to free them from cage. Read more from his blog.

A4trip is featuring sun bear in the Kota Kinabalu guidebook for creating awareness to travelers visiting to Malaysia and for raising some fund for Sun Bear conservation.