A New Home at BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach

Since 1998, the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach offers a lifelong home for brown bears rescued from bad keeping conditions. At the moment, the sanctuary covers an area of 2.4 hectares and provides a near-natural habitat for four bears. Find out more about the bears and our work and campaigns for other bears in distress.

Our Bears

Meet our rescued bears and read their stories here

Bear BrumcaBrumca
Bear ErichErich
Bear Mici with pear in her paw in the snow.Mici
5 Bears
have found a new home at BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach.
24.000 m²
of natural surroundings are available for the bears at the sanctuary.
Since 1998
the sanctuary provides a shelter for rescued animals.
FOUR PAWS
helps bears in distress worldwide.

Help for Bears in Distress

FOUR PAWS rescues and protects bears from bad keeping conditions

brown bear kept on a leash

#SaddestBears

FOUR PAWS points out inappropriate conditions. Learn more about the suffering of the saddest bears

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Bear in a cage

Help for Bears

Improving the living conditions of bears in captivity worldwide 

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Our Standards of Care

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Bear Erich is relaxing on a tree trunk

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