Thank
you to all of you who have made a donation for this project and who continue to
do so. Your help is greatly appreciated and still needed to be able to pay the
final bills.
The
construction of the main enclosure’s wall is now in its finishing stages,
another few days are needed to finish the plastering of the wall and the making
of a pool for the bears to enjoy when it gets too hot. Then there is still
quite a lot of work needed to put up the wires for the electric fencing and to get
the electric system up and running.
Unfortunately,
I have very sad news: Kevin, the big strong male sun bear we see on all the
videos of the project, died on May 11th. He was gone in less than 24 hours from
showing the first clinical symptoms. Acute necrotic
pancreatitis it seems, there was nothing we could do.... After a life
behind bars, Kevin died just a few weeks before being able to enjoy a bit of
forest and some space. Fate is so unfair sometimes. At least the girls, Desi
and Hilda are doing well. The enclosure will be for the two of them now.
Here is a short video to honour Kevin’s memory: