There was a baby bear experience available in Kent at the Wildwood Trust but Boki has grown up now, so this is no longer available.  However - you can still have a bear experience at the Wildwood Trust's Kent site - find out more about it here!

Boki has made a good recovery after brain surgery

Unfortunately, poor Boki wasn't very well last year and he was the first bear in the UK to have an MRI scan (at Fitzpatrick Referrals).  On Wednesday 9th October 2024, he had brain surgery with Romain Pizzi, a world leader in his field.  We wish Boki and the team well, and thank the team and everyone for their care of Boki.  He came through the surgery well, and after a good sleep over the winter, he's woken up and is ready for 2025!

Boki's fame has crossed the Atlantic to the US!  The Daily Guardian made this lovely video about him and it's on You Tube!

  

Urgent Appeal to help two bears! 

The Wildwood Trust is looking to help two other bears, Malenky & Nanuq.  The two cubs desperately need a new home.  Their mother was rescued from Ukraine, where she had been on the front line, trapped by troops who were advancing, and bombing.  The conflict moved east, and rescue teams were able to get in and take the mother bear to Poland and then Belgium.  There, she gave birth to two cubs - and these two loveable bears now need a new home.  

The Trust wants to raise sufficient funds - £75,000 - to move the cubs to Wildwood Devon, where they can live with bears Mish and Lucy.  Please find out more and donate here. 

Notes from the earlier blog:

The Wildwood Trust is based in Kent (and Devon, but Boki is in Kent).  The Kent site is home to over 200 native animals, past and present, with bears, wolves, bison, deer, owls, foxes, red squirrels, wild boar, lynx, wild horses, badgers and beavers among those living in the 40 acres there.  

Wildwood Trust is dedicated to saving Britain’s most threatened wildlife, and it's taken part in many conservation initiatives, such as saving the water vole and using wild horses to help restore nature reserves.  It's brought the Euroepan beaver back to Kent and brought the hazel dormouse & red squirrel back to areas where they have been made extinct.

And one of those living at the Wildwood Trust in Kent is Boki!  He came to the Wildwood Trust as a baby bear whose family sadly rejected him.  He was hand-reared by the team at Port Lympne and now Boki has come home to Wildwood Kent.  He's joined two other bears, Fluff and Scruff, 

Please note Wildwood Kent's "Things you need to know before you book" before you book.

Visit the Wildwood Trust here.

Images © Wildwood Trust