Full name: Trần Thị Lan Anh
News: New Vietnam animal refuge welcomes first at-risk bears
A new bear rescue center in Bach Ma National Park in central Vietnam is
providing safety, security, comfort, and a taste of natural wilderness home to its
first two bears this week. The Bear Rescue Center Vietnam's second branch,
funded by the Animals Asia Foundation, opened the facility after more than a
year of construction in the famous Thua Thien-Hue Province park. Costing
US$10 million, the center includes 6 bear shelters, 12 monitored semi-natural
zones to help the bear adjust back to their natural habitat, a veterinary hospital
and various zones for bear food preparation, education, and waste treatment. It is
expected to eventually receive and care for more than 300 bears rescued from
captivity. Upon arrival at the rescue center, bears will have experts monitor their
health and behavior from these cells. Once they are well enough, they will be let
into the semi-natural zone. Newly-arrived bears must be isolated in these cages
for 30 days to ensure they will not spread any diseases. After a period of
quarantine, the bears will be sent to a clinic to have their health fully examined.
Veterinarian Tran Khanh Ngan stands by a refrigerator to store samples from
sick bears for research and testing. Two captive bears were sent to the center on
Tuesday as the center's first residents. The two bears were held captive by a
family in Hanoi's Phuc Tho District for almost 20 years. According to Hanoi's
Forest Protection Department, 116 bears still live in captivity in Phuc Tho
District, and authorities will continue to persuade their owners to turn them in. In
most cases, local residents keep bears to extract their bile for health purposes and
for sale. Since 2006, Animals Asia has rescued 267 captive bears in Vietnam. The
bears currently live at Bear Rescue Center Vietnam's first facility in Tam Dao
National Park in the northern Vinh Phuc Province.
SUMMARY:
This news talks about captive bears are rescued by The Bear Rescue centre
Vietnam’s second branch which is funded by The Animals Asia Foundation. These
bears are caught by local residents in Phuc Tho district. Some local residents keep
bears with the aim to extract their bile which is the best way to earn money. This is
because the bear’s bile is reall useful and good for health and local residents make use
of it to keep bears. Because of that authorities are determined to persuade them to turn
captive bears in. In order to help these bears, our country opened some of the rescue
centres. One of the most famous facility locate in Thua Thien Hue province park which
have 6 bears shelters, 12 monitored semi-natural zones to help the bears. At this place,
bears will be monitored by expers about health and also behaviour. Before living in
semi-monitored ozones, bears have to be examined carefully by putting them in cages
for 30 days and then starting fully checking. Their foods are also put in processing
area in order to ensuring the safety. In conclusion, at these centres captive bears will
be protected carefully and reduce the ability of dangerous diseases.
