Logging supervisor survives sun bear attack
BANDAR PERMAISURI: A man faced an anxious moment when he was attacked by a sun bear in Kampung Tok Dor, Ajil, near Hulu Terengganu, last Wednesday (Feb 1). Mohd Syukri Zakaria, 39, who works as a logging supervisor said that in the 8 am incident, he and his friend were about to start fixing a […]
Make sun bears ‘totally protected’
KUCHING: The protection status of sun bears in Sarawak should be elevated from ‘protected’ to ‘totally protected’, said Dr Wong Siew Te, chief executive officer and founder of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah. “In Sarawak, in theory, licensed people are still able to hunt sun bears, but the Forest Department Sarawak […]
Virtual talks on sun bear upkeep
KUCHING: World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) will be hosting a virtual talk on sun bear conservation in Sarawak and Sabah tomorrow (Nov 28). The talk aims at increasing the public’s awareness and sense of appreciation for sun bear conservation and garnering more support towards the protection of this species and their habitat. Scheduled […]
Sun bear, green iguana surrendered to SFC
KUCHING: A two-week old male sun bear and a green iguana, both identified as protected species, were surrendered to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) in Miri by two concerned citizens on Tuesday. The sun bear was surrendered by a man from Long Liwok, Sg Layun Ulu Baram. Before that, he approached Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis […]
Singer fined RM27k over pet sun bear
KUALA LUMPUR: Former ‘Rockanova’ reality show participant, Zarith Sofia Mohd Yasin was fined RM27,000 by the Sessions Court here yesterday for keeping and confining a sun bear cub at her apartment in Desa Pandan in June last year. Zarith Sofia, 28 was fined RM20,000, in lieu of six months’ imprisonment, for the charge of keeping […]
