This list includes bear conservation centers, bear forests, bear refuges, and bear reserves around the world.
Country | Region | Name | Opening date | Organization | |||
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North America | |||||||
Canada | Sprucedale, McMurrich/Monteith, Parry Sound District | Bear with Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears | 1992 [1] | Bear with Us Inc. | |||
United States | Sitka, Alaska | Fortress of the Bear | 2003 [2] | Fortress of the Bear | |||
Asia | |||||||
Cambodia | Takéo | Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre | 1997 [3] | Free the Bears | |||
Laos | Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang Wildlife Sanctuary | 2017 [4] | Free the Bears | |||
Laos | Luang Prabang | Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre | 2002 [4] | Free the Bears | |||
Vietnam | Ninh Bình province | Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh | 2019 [5] | Four Paws | |||
Vietnam | Tam Đảo | Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre | 2008 [6] | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
Vietnam | Tân Phú | Cat Tien Bear Sanctuary | 2017 [7] | Free the Bears | |||
China | Chengdu | China Bear Rescue Centre | 2000 [8] | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
China | Nanning | Nanning Bear Farm | 2014 | Animals Asia Foundation | |||
Europe | |||||||
Bulgaria | Belitsa | Bear Sanctuary Belitsa | 2000 [9] | Four Paws in cooperation with the Brigitte Bardot Foundation | |||
Germany | Anholt | Anholter Bears Forest | 1999 [10] | International Bear Federation Germany e.V. Deutscher Tierschutzbund | |||
Germany | Stuer | Bear Sanctuary Müritz | 2006 [11] | Four Paws | |||
Greece | Nymfaio | Bear Conservation Area | 1993 [12] | ARCTUROS | |||
Kosovo | Mramor | Bear Sanctuary Prishtina | 2013 [13] | Four Paws | |||
Austria | Arbesbach | Bear Sanctuary Arbesbach | 1998 [14] | Four Paws | |||
Romania | Zărnești | Libearty Bear Sanctuary | 2005 | Millions of Friends Association | |||
Switzerland | Arosa | Arosa Bear Sanctuary | 2018 [15] | Four Paws and the Arosa region | |||
Ukraine | Lviv | Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr | 2017 [16] | Four Paws | |||
Ukraine | Zhytomyr | White Rock Bear Shelter | 2012 [17] | Save Wild |
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