Help
us to save the Andean bears...
The Andean Bear
Foundation's mission is to secure a future for the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
and sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of its natural habitat
of montane cloud forest and páramos (high-altitude
grasslands)
in Ecuador. Through research, education, reintroduction of rescued
orphaned bears, and science-based advocacy, we, as frontline
conservationists, are committed to working with local communities to
help people and Andean bears live together without conflict.
The Andean Bear
Conservation Project
is a project of the Andean Bear Foundation, and is based in Ecuador.
We monitor both wild and
reintroduced bears, by direct observation and
through the use of radio tracking equipment. Our aim is to
improve
human understanding of these gentle creatures by collecting data on
their environmental requirements, home ranges, preferences
and use of habitat.
Time is running out for
the Andean Bear. The tranquil cloud forests of the Andean
mountain
ranges, where these bears live, are rapidly disappearing.
Without a
better understanding of the bears' needs there is no way to
implement a
strategy for their conservation, protection and survival.
We need your help! We are
currently the major organisation in the world tracking Andean Bears
with radio equipment and the only one successfully reintroducing Andean
bears to the wild. The information we are gathering is
vital to
their survival. Despite this we are a small, grass-roots
operation with
little funding. We depend on volunteers
and donations
to survive.
Without your support we cannot continue this critical
work. You can help by buying from our Andean bear
gift store.
The Andean Bear
Foundation is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit in the USA.
Find us on the Guidestar
search engine for non-profits,
or on the IRS
charities search engine.
The Andean Bear Project was in the past a part of an
Ecuadorian
non-profit, Espíritu del Bosque, which has now changed its
objectives to be a rescue center for all animals.
This
website last updated 5th May, 2013.
Andean
Bear Conservation Project: Tremarctos
ornatus, the Andean or spectacled
bear in Ecuador.
Website www.andeanbear.org, text and photos by Sarah
Clifford, Daniel Zwolenski and the Andean Bear Project or as
credited otherwise.
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