Sloth Bear Exhibit

Category:
Environment
 
Location:
United States
 
Proof Type:
Status Update
 
UN MDG: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
 

So close, as if only a thicket of bamboo separates you. . . Innovative habitat design and myriad enrichment features will enable you to observe sloth bears’ fascinating adaptations. They’ll use their sense of smell, dexterous lips and long claws to retrieve food hidden in digging pits, crack into bone marrow, slurp grubs out of logs in their dry ravine and put their vacuum-style eating to work at feeding demonstrations.

 

Photo Gallery

Artists' rendering of sloth bear viewpoint, courtesy Studio Hanson/Roberts
 
 
 
 

The Need

Help build this premier part of the Asian Tropical Forest exhibit complex. Your gift can go toward funding the entire project, or you can choose among these innovative features. As a donor you'll also receive these benefits:


Lead Keeper - $100
• Online recognition


Senior Keeper - $250
• Your name on the donor wall in the new exhibit!


Associate Curator - $500
• Your name on the donor wall in the new exhibit!
• Savanna level Wild at Heart membership


Get Your Paws on Our Exhibit! - $1,000 or more:
• Your name on a paw print featured prominently in the new exhibit!
• Safari level Wild at Heart membership

 
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Ready to Help?

Build sloth bears a new home

Help transform this worn-out 60-year-old exhibit into a modern, naturalistic home tailored to the sloth bears' unique needs.

$50


 
Fund sloth bear enrichment

Help build naturalistic enrichment features for our sloth bears like grub-filled logs and digging pits that stimulate their natural behaviors and well-being while providing visitors with amazing, up-close experiences.

$100


 
Build the Bear Working Wall

Watch as expert keepers safely bring intimate behind-the-scenes animal care up close as keepers check teeth, paws and claws just a few jaw-dropping feet away. Your gift helps make it happen, and your name will appear on a donor wall in the exhibit!

$250


 
Build the Bamboo Bear Barrier

Imagine: all that separates you from a foraging sloth bear is a grove of stalks. Your gift will help build this innovative containment feature that mimics a bamboo stand. See, hear and smell the lively sloth bear as it searches for tasty grubs! Your name will appear on the donor wall in the exhibit.

$500


 
Get Your Paws on Our Exhibit!

Make a gift of $1,000 or more and you’ll get your name on a paw print featured prominently in the new exhibit.

$1000


 
Gifts of all sizes matter

Want to go your own way with a custom gift amount? No problem. Your gift, no matter how large or small, will help build the sloth bears' part of the overall Asian Tropical Forest exhibit complex.

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