| 2006 |
World Expeditions and Free The Bears Fund vet clinic opened in Phnom Tamao
Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Rescue Centre in Cambodia. |
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Donated funds to Wildlife Friends of Thailand to build a new enclosure for sun
bears and Asiatic black bears |
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Began negotiations with Wildlife at Risk to build a sanctuary for ex bile farm
bears in Vietnam |
| 2005 |
Built 2 more bear enclosures at Phnom Tamao Zoological Gardens and Wildlife
Rescue Centre in Cambodia |
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First eco tours of Cambodia and Laos conducted in association with World
Expeditions |
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Donated funds to Gabriella Frederickson for bear sanctuary in Kalimantan |
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100th ‘Dancing Bear’ rescued from the streets of India |
| 2004 |
Donated funds to Wildaid’s Kouprey Express education programme in Cambodia |
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Donated funds to the Karuna Society in India to build an enclosure for Barney
bear in Puttaparthi |
| 2003 |
Built a sanctuary in Luang Prabang, Laos for rescued Asiatic black bears |
| 2002 |
Joined in a partnership with Wildlife SOS and International Animal Rescue (IAR)
to fund the Agra Bear Rescue Facility (ABRF) in India |
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First rescued dancing bears entered the ABRF on Christmas Day |
| 2001 |
Donated funds to Professor Pazhetnov for his rescued Russian bear cub programme |
| 2000 |
Built a second enclosure for sun bears at Phnom Tamao Zoological Gardens and
Wildlife Rescue Centre in Cambodia |
| 1999 |
Built a sanctuary for bears in the Lopburi Zoo, Thailand |
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Built a nursery for cubs at the Phnom Tamao Zoological Gardens and Wildlife
Rescue Centre in Cambodia |
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Built an enclosure for Asiatic black bears at Phnom Tamao Zoological Gardens and
Wildlife Rescue Centre in Cambodia |
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Recognised by Traffic, East Asia for establishing a database to record the
number of captive bears in Cambodia |
| 1998 |
Three sun bears relocated from Cambodia to Perth Zoo, WA |
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Finalist in the National Geographic ‘Blue Planet Heroes’ competition |
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Donated funds to the Eakehei Project to survey numbers of the spectacled bear in
Ecuador |
| 1997 |
Three sun bears relocated from Cambodia to Taronga Park Zoo, NSW |
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Established the first sun bear and Asiatic black bear enclosure in the Phnom
Tamao Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Rescue Centre in Cambodia |
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Donated funds to WSPA to complete their sanctuary for sun bears at Bang Lamung,
Thailand |
| 1996 |
Donated funds to International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to assist in the
construction of the Pan Yu sanctuary in China |
|
1995 |
Free The Bears Fund Inc. founded by Mary Hutton |
