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Catoctin Zoo -- Sun Bears

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Does anyone know where the zoo received its Sun Bears from?
 
Some of them were actually bred there (which is a bit remarkable, given how poorly this species breeds in captivity and how absolutely atrocious this zoo's conditions appear to be).


2004 article: The Gettysburg Times from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on March 12, 2004 · Page 32 ("Elena" the sun bear was born on March 13, 2003 at Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo. At just a few hours old and weighing a little over a pound, "Elena's" health was in question. Her mother, "Elvira," would not stop grooming the newborn. As soon as there was the slightest sign of injury to "Elena," she was taken away from her mother to insure her the best possible care.)

There's an amusing typo in that article's transcript: "For misinformation, contact Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo..."

2005 article: Catoctin Zoo brimming with babies ("...a 5-month-old Sun Bear cub named Eostair... Eostair was born at Catoctin on Feb. 12, and is among only two Sun Bears annually born in captivity, according to Schmidt. ... Catoctin Zoo is also home of two other young Sun Bears, 1-year-old Emika (Japanese for "blessed") and 2-year-old Elena ("sunshine").)


So I don't know where the original pair came from (female Elvira and a male), but it looks like they have had at least three babies - Elena, Emika, and Eostair. From other articles, Elena was the first cub born there.
 
A sign at the zoo states that the bears were part of a breeding program with the Miami Metrozoo (now Zoo Miami) as well as the San Diego Zoo, so perhaps one of those two zoos? I saw four of them on my visit this year.
 
Elvira (the mother bear) was probably the one born at San Diego in October 1991:
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"Today is the public debut at the San Diego Zoo for Elvira, the Malayan sun bear born on Halloween from noble lineage."

(I doubt there is more than one Sun Bear in the USA named Elvira, and the time-frame is right).

Presumably (given the post by jayjds2 above) the male bear would have come from Miami Metro Zoo.
 
@Chlidonias wasn’t there a total of
4 sun bears born in SD first one being liberty in 1984 ?

I believe he was sent to Miami zoo ? Not sure how long he lived for ?
 

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