This list includes bear conservation centers, bear forests, bear refuges, and bear reserves around the world.
List edit
| Country | Region | Name | Opening date | Organization | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America edit | |||||||
| Canada | Sprucedale, McMurrich/Monteith, Parry Sound District | Bear with Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears | 1992[1] | Bear with Us Inc. | |||
| United States | Sitka, Alaska | Fortress of the Bear | 2003[2] | Fortress of the Bear | |||
Asia edit | |||||||
| Cambodia | Takéo | Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre | 1997[3] | Free the Bears | |||
| Laos | Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang Wildlife Sanctuary | 2017[4] | Free the Bears | |||
| Laos | Luang Prabang | Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre | 2002[4] | Free the Bears | |||
| Vietnam | Ninh Bình province | Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh | 2019[5] | Four Paws | |||
| Vietnam | Tam Đảo | Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre | 2008[6] | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
| Vietnam | Tân Phú | Cat Tien Bear Sanctuary | 2017[7] | Free the Bears | |||
| China | Chengdu | China Bear Rescue Centre | 2000[8] | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
| China | Nanning | Nanning Bear Farm | 2014 | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
Europe edit | |||||||
| Bulgaria | Belitsa | Dancing Bears Park Belitsa | 2000[9] | Four Paws in cooperation with the Brigitte Bardot Foundation | |||
| Germany | Anholt | Anholter Bears Forest | 1999[10] | International Bear Federation Germany e.V. Deutscher Tierschutzbund | |||
| Germany | Stuer | Bear Sanctuary Müritz | 2006[11] | Four Paws | |||
| Kosovo | Mramor | Bear Sanctuary Prishtina | 2013[12] | Four Paws | |||
| Austria | Arbesbach | Bear Sanctuary Arbesbach | 1998[13] | Four Paws | |||
| Romania | Zărnești | Libearty Bear Sanctuary | 2005 | Millions of Friends Association | |||
| Switzerland | Arosa | Arosa Bear Sanctuary | 2018[14] | Four Paws and the Arosa region | |||
| Ukraine | Lviv | Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr | 2017[15] | Four Paws | |||
| Ukraine | Zhytomyr | White Rock Bear Shelter | 2012[16] | Save Wild | |||
References edit
- ^ Bear with Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears, Bearwithus.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Cockerham, Sean (10 August 2003). "Tanks may house problem bears – SITKA: Group wants to turn pulp mill relics into tourist attraction". Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Wildlife Asia Archived 19 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Wildlifeasia.org.au, 24 April 2019
- ^ a b Action for the wild Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Actionforthewild.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh, Four-paws.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Animalsasia.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Cat Tien Bear Sanctuary, Freethebears.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ China Bear Rescue Centre, Scmp.com, 24 April 2019
- ^ Dancing Bears Park Belitsa, Four-paws.bg, 24 April 2019
- ^ Anholter bears forest, Anholter-schweiz.de, 24 April 2019
- ^ Bear Sanctuary Müritz, Baerenwald-mueritz.de, 24 April 2019
- ^ Bärenwald Pristina in Four-paws.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Bear Sanctuary Arbesbach, Baerenwald.at, 24 April 2019
- ^ Arosa Bear Sanctuary, Four-paws.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr, Four-paws.org, 24 April 2019
- ^ White Rock Bear Shelter, Vier-pfoten.bg, 24 April 2019