Andean (spectacled) bears are only found in isolated pockets of South America. Their numbers are vanishing rapidly. This group supports efforts to protect and conserve this bear species.
Location: South America
Members: 74
Latest Activity: Nov 28, 2011




BubuCongratulations to The Andean Bear Foundation on the huge success of your event, "Pre-release Party" for Bubu bear! The event, which is still going on, held on Bubu's Facebook page hosts a…Continue
Started by Cindy Partipilo. Last reply by Bubu Bear Nov 21, 2010.
Who would have thought? A couple weeks ago, I actually accessed the link here on UFP's site and applied for a volunteer position with the Andean Bear Project in Northern Ecuador. I didn't really…Continue
Tags: Ecuador, Project, Bear, Andean
Started by Ashley Wetzel. Last reply by Bubu Bear Oct 16, 2010.
Help with the collection of radio telemetry data and hair samples in the field for a ground-breaking project tracking Andean Bears in the mountains, cloud forests and páramo of northern Ecuador. …Continue
Tags: bear, Andean, volunteer, Ecuador
Started by Bubu Bear. Last reply by Bubu Bear Oct 16, 2010.
Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) in Colombia face serious threats, including hunting, habitat loss, and bear-human interactions. Interactions are increasing, but data about these encounters are not…Continue
Tags: Colombia, spectacled, bears, Andean
Started by Jeanette McDermott Jan 21, 2010.
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Comment by Tracey Barnes on September 11, 2011 at 9:56am
Nice article about Lincoln Park's geriatric Andean bears.
http://http://www.lpzoo.org/multimedia/articles/celebrating-seniors...
Comment by guanita maniscalco on August 2, 2011 at 3:12am Thanks Andres, and congratulations on completing your Postgraduate work! I will check on the ABF Site for information on your presentation in Loja as I would like to post that on LinkedIn. I see this as a very significant event in the effort to preserve the Andean Bear and hopefully their habitat also.
I've seen some of the terrific photo's you took of Bubu - good work! I sure hope that lovely bear gets back into the wild again soon or he will be too spoiled to ever want to leave! : )~
Good luck with your Workshops this month! You have all worked so hard and accomplished so much so fast it is difficult to keep up with you! Keep up the great work!
Comment by Maren Dallmann on July 31, 2011 at 4:34pm
Comment by Andres A Laguna C on July 31, 2011 at 4:03pm I think that we come back! :D
Dear friends from URSA, here´s a report about news of Andean Bear Foundation´s project, in this month.
1) My posgraduate studies is finishing, for these reason our rural environmental education program had a little stop.
2) I had a presentation of Ecuador's National Strategy for the Conservation of the Andean Bear, being formally launched at an event in the city of Loja.
3) Last weekend I met with Bubu bear, to take some pics of him.
4) Now we are preparing to next set of workshops on agust.
Here´s a Bubu pic:
Big hugs
Hope tath all of our friend are well.
Andres
Comment by Tracey Barnes on May 12, 2011 at 10:53am I thought you all might enjoy this retail site. This is the Andean bear design, but there are more than 100 animal designs from which to choose. The cartoons are drawn by Courtney Janney, a keeper here at National Zoo (and she takes requests). Enjoy!
Comment by Andres A Laguna C on May 7, 2011 at 9:17am Congratulations on another successful Workshop Andres! Once again it looks like the children had a wonderful time learning about the Andean Bears. It's great that you had the opportunity to speak with the adults about ideas to prevent bear attacks on livestock! I hope they were responsive to your excellent suggestions. I think you have already made quite a bit of progress in changing attitudes towards the bears!
Time to start preparing for the next Workshop! I'm going to check out that photo album on Facebook now and start thinking of more fund-raising ideas!
Comment by Maren Dallmann on May 5, 2011 at 1:06am
Anita Phillips posted a status
JoAnne Gallop posted a status
guanita maniscalco commented on Radfax's blog post Faltering Light Project keep networrking
Radfax posted a blog postConservation issues related to bear species decline
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