Bamboo Bears

We are introduced to our heroes when Bamboo-Lee meets Dah-Lin and Slo-Lee in their attempt to escape from Ratco trappers, whom we come to know as Rats 1, 2 and 3. Our heroes are rescued by a pink dragon called Ai-Ai who takes them to her master`s cave up in the mountains. Her master, No-How, is a wise old sage, determined to save the world`s environment and animals from destruction by the evil Ratco Company. He offers the Bamboo Bears an exciting mission to travel the world and save endangered animal species. Source: bcdb.com

The Pyrenean Brown Bear is almost extinct. Our heroes encounter some of the last remaining Bears whose habitat is threatened by the construction of a new Super Highway. Using Ai-Ai`s ancient fire-breathing skills, our heroes succeed in blocking Ratco`s bid for the highway contract. Source: bcdb.com

Blue Parrots are very much in fashion in Rat City. Trading them is controlled by Ratco. Our heroes rescue a young Parrot and return him to the rain forest, at the same time putting paid to the illegal trafficking of these protected birds. Source: bcdb.com

Fishermen and Sea Otters have competed for fish off the coast of North America for centuries. However, their feeding grounds will be destroyed when Ratco decides to flush the oil out of its tankers at sea before filling up at dock. Our heroes manage to unite the Fishermen and endangered Otters in a determined effort to save their environment. Source: bcdb.com

Ratco`s continual destruction of forest land to provide larger sugar cane fields is destroying the habitat of the Solenodon. Despite Slo-Lee`s delight in discovering `honey-flavored bamboo` Our heroes have to find a new habitat for Rosita and the other Solenodons and stop the Rats in their tracks. Source: bcdb.com

The habitat of the gentle Manatee is threatened by an impending powerboat rally to be sponsored by Ratco. Slo-Lee`s stories of the legend of the Bermuda Triangle help the Bears to conjure up a plan to prevent the rally from taking place and scare the Rats off for good! Source: bcdb.com

Ratco is building a big ranch. By building the ranch, the water of the neighboring lake is drying up. The lake is the watering hole of the African Wild Ass. Moreover, the African Wild Asses are being captured by Ratco to be used as transportation for tourists. Our heroes, Ai-Ai and the Wild Ass, are able to stop the plans of Ratco. Source: bcdb.com

The Anteater colonies in the South American jungle face extinction because of a huge dam project proposed by Ratco. Despite the cynicism of the Anteater Chief, our heroes save the day and sabotage the construction of the dam. Source: bcdb.com

Rataleone needs to dispose of a surplus of poisonous arsenic. The cheapest method is for his three Henchmen to discharge the arsenic from a mill under the guise of harmless paper waste. The resident Beavers fall ill from the poisoned waters of the lake, but our heroes have an ingenious plan to terminate Ratco`s thoughtless dumping. Source: bcdb.com

Rataleone`s scheme to build a dinosaur theme park involves the kidnapping of poor Ignatius, a Giant Iguana, to feature as a prize exhibit. Our heroes rescue Ignatius and, with Ai-Ai`s help, save the Galapagos Islands from devastation by fire. Source: bcdb.com

The only thing standing between Rataleone`s plans for constructing a super dam in the South American rain forest is the Brown Howler Opera Company. When their resident Diva is kidnapped by Ratco, they turn to our heroes for help. Source: bcdb.com

Roscoe and his family of Texas Prairie Dogs are deluged with waste oil seeping into their burrows from a Ratco refinery plant. Rataleone is aware of the problem but has no consideration for the surrounding environment. Our heroes are almost swallowed up by the horrible oil but manage to give the Rats a taste of their own medicine and save the Prairie Dogs. Source: bcdb.com

Our heroes encounter a Female Whale and her pup who are being ruthlessly pursued by Ratco Whalers using explosive harpoons. Our heroes turn the tables on the villains, who end up swimming for their own lives. Source: bcdb.com

Our heroes accompany Ting a Ling (No-How`s sister) to Guatemala in search of her husband, famous explorer Sir Quentin Quest, who has been kidnapped by Ratco. The Bad Rats have also bribed the local Indians into logging the mahogany trees in the jungle. The deforestation is threatening the habitat of the native Quetzal. Sir Quentin and his wife uncover the ancient legend of Quetzcoatl, and help our heroes turn the Indians against the Rats and stop the destruction. Source: bcdb.com

Our heroes are dispatched to Katmandu in Nepal by No-How to check the diminishing Snow Leopard population. Ratco have got there before them and are busy trapping the animals for their valuable coats. After a breathtaking mountain trek and chase, our heroes save a Snow Leopard and her cub. Source: bcdb.com

A very sick Oryx is kidnapped in the dead of night from the city Zoo. Why? No-How and our heroes solve the mystery that leads them to uncover Ratco`s evil plans to eliminate the entire Oryx species and open up the Néfoud Desert to oil drilling. Source: bcdb.com

Rataleone is about to venture into fruit farming in the Rocky Mountains. He orders his Rats to spray a toxic pesticide to get rid of all the "nasty" bugs, threatening not only the insect life in the area, but all other animals in the food chain, including endangered species, such as the Peregrine Falcon. Our heroes try to intervene, but are captured by the Rats. Ai-Ai is alerted by a Falcon and comes to their rescue. Source: bcdb.com

Our heroes are on holiday in the Philippines when a family of Tarsiers comes to them for help. Their habitat is being destroyed by a Ratco project for a leisure complex on the Island. What is more, the Rats are trying to capture the Tarsiers for their miniature zoo! How could the Bamboo Bears refuse? Source: bcdb.com

Rataleone is masterminding the illegal poaching of Lynx for their valuable fur in a protected National Park in Southern Spain. Disguised as Spanish Flamenco dancers, our heroes investigate and successfully put a stop to the operation. Source: bcdb.com

Drilling in the Arctic wasteland, undertaken, naturally, by Ratco is threatening to destroy the breeding grounds of the Penguin. Helped by a young Penguin, Pee-Wee, and his friends, our heroes succeed in closing down this illegal operation. Source: bcdb.com

The Condors` scavenging grounds, the Highlands of the Andes, have been taken over by a Drug Cartel backed by Rataleone. With the help of the local farmer Rats and a traitor within the Ratco organization, our heroes help smash the evil cartel and the Condors learn to live in harmony with the local farmers. Source: bcdb.com

In the deepest caverns of the ocean, the Squid is undisputed King. Ratco`s illegal dumping of nuclear waste motivates his angry visit to the surface where, aided by our heroes, he succeeds in halting the illegal activities of Admiral Rataleone`s fleet. Source: bcdb.com

The water meadows, favored as living space by the Frog, are menaced by the Bad Rats, who use the land as a scrap metal dump. Our heroes "persuade" the Rats to abandon the project, and the Frogs are happily reinstalled. Source: bcdb.com

Rataleone`s most ambitious project to date is the invention of a Time Machine that he keeps in the wastes of the Northern Arctic. The local residents, the Arctic Foxes, are subjected to Ratco`s destruction of their environment. Our heroes manage to turn both tables and time on Rataleone and save the Arctic Foxes. Source: bcdb.com

The world`s last remaining Javan Tigers are in grave danger! Ratco is building a hotel complex in their jungle and intends to blackmail the local farmers into killing the Tigers for financial gain. However, the arrival of the Bamboo Bears and the power of the ancient gods over the local people do not figure in Rataleone`s evil plan! Source: bcdb.com