Location: Bear Wood, Wild Place Project
Address: Blackhorse Hill, Bristol BS10 7TP
Telephone: +44 (0)117 980 7175
Email: info@wildplace.org.uk
Website: https://www.wildplace.org.uk
Bears
European brown bears
Gemini (female) born in Skånes Djurpark, Sweden 13 January 2018
Albie (male) born in Skånes Djurpark, Sweden 13 January 2018
Neo (male) born in Järvzoo, Sweden 17 January 2017
Nilas (male) born in Järvzoo, Sweden 17 January 2017
All four bears were transferred to the Wild Place Project in Summer 2019.
Details
Bear Conservation has not yet visited this exhibit.
Site opened 25 July 2019. 7½ acres in total. Plans to integrate wolves and brown bears in same enclosure but no plans to breed bears.
Concerns
Visit pending and no concerns raised so far.
We do not at present have any information on the feeding, exercise, medical and enrichment regimes for the bears in Bear Wood.
The video below, published on 16 July 2019, provides a glimpse of Bear Wood and some of the brown bears soon after their introduction into the exhibit.
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Page updated 18 January 2020