Free the Bears ~ Helping Moon and Sun Bears

The Difference You Make! Free the Bears Many of the bears you help rescue were taken as cubs and spent years in cages. Some went to bile farms where they spent decades standing on iron bars, starved and mutilated. They never learned survival skills, some have disabilities and they’ve come to rely on humans. Thanks to kind people like you, these bears are given the best possible life after rescue. They can finally be healthy and happy, free from stress & suffering, able to  exercise natural behaviours. The bears have gorgeous bear houses to escape the heat of the day and sleep at night, as well as large, natural enclosures, often filled with the type of forest they would be enjoying in the wild, allowing them to forage, climb anddig just like wild bears. We “enrich” their environment to encourage them to explore and interact with their surroundings, stimulate their highly intelligent minds and give them choices to help them feel more in control of their environment, which leads to healthier and more content bears. Enrichment can take the form of enclosure furniture such as climbing platforms, swimming pools, hammocks, caves and swings. Or challenges and activities such as scent trails, puzzle feeders, treat balls, toys, or even a mirror. Even daily scatter feeds, where carers hide the food throughout the enclosure, will help to enrich the lives of the bears. Free the Bears