A Bear Belong: a rescue story

Face of a sunbear cub in the Bornean rainforest.

A Bear Belongs: A rescue story

This uplifting eco story follows the amazing true tale of three endangered sunbear cubs. Meet Tan-Tan 'the tiny one', Kitud 'the quiet one' and Boboi 'the big brother', and follow them from their heartbreaking beginnings as little cubs stolen from their natural habitat, through to their heroic rescue by Dr Siew Wong* before being released back into the wild Bornean rainforest where they belong. Featuring insightful fact pages about the amazing flora and fauna of the rainforest and its importance to the ecosystem, alongside inspiring information about how to save the bears.

*Dr Siew Wong is the founder of the Bornean Sunbear Conservation Centre whose dedicated work saving sunbears inspired this true story.

Published 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
ISBN 978-1526655684

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