When the Wellington pair had a cub, he was called Arataki, after the sponsor company. Sadly, the child must have been an irreformable bad egg, because he received a sentence of breathtaking inhumanity. He was sent to Australia.



I handled a sun bear cub at a zoo many moons ago, and I can't remember which zoo it was. Very cute and cuddly except when they want to be put down. Very, very sharp claws and their bite - even as cubs - is not to be sneezed at. This one was being bottle fed because of mum's inability or unwillingness to suckle. I remember the keeper saying that she'd be scarred for life by the time it was weaned. [shock]