The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (Vusta) on August 18 transferred one Malayan bear weighing 50 kilograms to the Tam Dao Bear Rescue Centre.
A Malayan bear. (Source: bioexpedition.com)
This is the second bear transferred by the ENV from the beginning of this year.
On August 8, the ENV was contacted by an animal protection organisation about a person in Xuan Truong district, Nam Dinh province, who voluntarily handed in a Malayan bear that had not been attached with tracking chip.
Earlier, in March, 2016, a Tibetan bear was transferred to the Hanoi animal rescue centre from a family in Son La. A family in Tu Mo Rong district, Kon Tum province also handed in a rare gibbon.
The ENV said this is a welcoming signal on the changes in people’s awareness towards raising wild animals; it is estimated there are still nearly 1,000 bears caged in the whole country.
The centre hoped that more and more bears will be voluntarily transferred.