Op de een of andere wonderbaarlijke manier, ontsnapte het welpje en de persoon die het vond belde het Bos Beschermings Departement, die onmiddellijk Animals Asia belde. Eerder deze week werd het reddingsteam van Animals Asia in Vietnam gealarmeerd over de benarde situatie van een kleine maanbeer die alleen en overstuur in een tuin van een woonwijk was aangetroffen.
De tuin bevond zich in de regio Dien Bien, op de grens met Laos. Dit is waar Wonder en Marvel, twee welpen die we eind vorig jaar hebben gered, ook werden teruggevonden toen ze over de grens werden gesmokkeld.Tuan Bendixsen, de Vietnam-directeur van Animals Asia, zei: "We hebben een sterke band opgebouwd met het Bosbeschermingsdepartement, omdat ze weten dat we de geredde beren in ons reservaat diergeneeskundige en holistische zorg van wereldklasse bieden. We zijn hen dankbaar dat ze het jong aan ons hebben toevertrouwd en ons zo snel hebben gewaarschuwd.”
De link hierboven naar het ontroerende verhaal van beertje Murphy gevonden in een backpack.
Orphaned by poachers, rescued from traffickers - sun bear cub Murphy needs lots of love from his new carers and some fun too - like a bubble bath!
Murphy arrived at Animals Asia’s Vietnam sanctuary as a whimpering six-week old cub just under a year ago - and if it hadn’t been for his rescuers there’s every chance he’d have spent his life in pain on a bear bile farm.
Since then Animals Asia has helped turn his life around. While his carers have helped fill the hole left by the loss of his mother, meeting fellow sun bear cub Goldie has also meant he has a pal for life for company, fun and games.
The bubble bath is part of his on-going “enrichment”. Animals Asia cares for almost 400 bears rescued from the bile industry. A large part of that care, in sanctuaries in China and Vietnam, is about keeping minds active - which means new foods, smells and toys on a daily basis.
For cubs, experience has shown that a bubble bath - of a “no tears” baby variety - is just fascinating and lots of fun too.
Annemarie Weegenaar, Animals Asia Vietnam Bear and Vet Team Director explained:
“It’s very funny to watch but there’s a serious reason behind providing the bubbles. Without their mother and without a safe place to release bears like Murphy - they will spend their lives in sanctuaries. From day one that means not just making sure they eat well and are free from pain - it also means ensuring they are physically and mentally challenged and each day is different. That means hiding treats for them to sniff out, it also means new toys or climbing frames. It means different greenery during different seasons for them to eat and nest with.
“For cubs it also means the occasional bubble bath. Choosing a brand usually used for children’s bath times means it won’t sting his eyes or make him sick. He has so much fun.”
U bent het al van mij gewent. In het weekend plaats ik altijd 1 onvertaald bericht.: Lekker makkelijk ! Het kan haast niet mooier wat een prachtige foto's. A bear cub discovered being trafficked in a backpack last week arrived at Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in the early hours of Friday morning after an urgent rescue mission. The three month old sun bear cub, who has been named Murphy, was discovered by Forest Protection Department rangers in Sop Cop district in the mountainous north western province of Son La which borders both Laos and China.When rangers confronted the trafficker smuggling the bear in a backpack, he fled and swam across a river to escape but was later tracked via his motorbike license plate and apprehended. He has admitted to killing the bear cub’s mother in order to traffic the cub and is facing criminal charges.
Being so young, it was vital that the cub urgently receive the care necessary to ensure his survival triggering a race against the clock to complete paperwork and transport the sun bear over 430km of isolated and mountainous terrain.
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Animals Asia’s Vietnam Director Tuan Bendixsen said: “We’re indebted to the local Forest Protection Department for both their vigilance in catching the criminal and also the speed with which they organised the transfer of Murphy to our sanctuary. Like human babies, bear cubs require special care regarding their environment and diet making Murphy’s rescue especially urgent. “Staff at Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre now have vast experience in looking after bear cubs due to the tragic profusion of wildlife trafficking taking place across Vietnam’s borders as animals are smuggled from Laos and Cambodia destined for lucrative markets in Vietnam and China.”
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To date, Animals Asia – the charity behind the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre – has rescued 32 bear cubs in the country, each one a victim of poachers and traffickers. Animals Asia’s Bear and Vet Team Director Annemarie Weegenaar said: “We’re delighted to have Murphy back with us so quickly so that we can start to give him the care he needs. Sun bear cubs usually stay with their mothers until they are around two years old so to be torn from his mother at just three months is a real tragedy for Murphy"
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Bears trafficked in the region are often destined for bear bile farms in China and Vietnam. In China more than 10,000 bears are believed to be held on bear bile farms so that the bile stored in their gall bladder can be sold for use in traditional medicine. While bear bile farms are legal in China, the trafficking of wild animals has long been outlawed. In Vietnam, bear bile farming has been illegal since 1992 but the practice persists with 1,245 moon and sun bears being held on farms around the country as of March 2015 according to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Murphy is the 24th bear to be rescued by Animals Asia in Vietnam this year. Such a large volume of new arrivals puts a huge strain on the organisation, particularly in the case of cubs such as Murphy who can expect to live for up to 30 years. If you'd like to donate to the care of Murphy and the 23 other bears rescued this year, please visit our website.
