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Three captive bears in Dong Nai sent to sanctuary

Three black bears kept in Bien Hoa city of the southern province of Dong Nai were handed over to a wildlife conservation centre on March 12.
Three captive bears in Dong Nai sent to sanctuary ảnh 1Giving health check-up to a bear (Source: tienphong.vn)

DongNai (VNA) - Three black bears kept in BienHoa city of the southern province of Dong Nai were handed over to a wildlifeconservation centre on March 12.

The bears, one female and two male and weighing 120kg each, had beenkept in cages for 20 years.

Theywill be sent to a bear conservation centre in the northern province of NinhBinh for special care in the coming time.

According to the provincial Department of Forest Protection, as many as 84bears were kept by organisations and individuals in Dong Nai. All of the bear are implanted with microchips for monitoring.

Recently, four bears kept in a family in Xuan Loc district have died of unknowncauses.

To stop the operation of the private bear bile farms and protect wild bear populations,provincial authorities have called on local bear keepers to hand them over to animalconservation organisations.

Last year, owners voluntarily handed over their 19 bears to relevant agenciesand organisations in Vietnam, reducing the number of captive bears to about 750– a significant decrease from the over 4,300 in 2005.–VNA
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