day 31-bear centre

day 31，ride 70 km north to vinh yen to visit Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre which is establish by Animal Asia Foundation in Tamdao National Park.In order to feel the motorbike empire,I rented a bike.



Riding a motor make me feel like back to the high school time,enjoy riding motorbike with all my friend all day long.When I reach there,nurse Carolyn,bear manager Pernille and education officer Chinh welcome me and took me to tour around the center and make a detailed explanation.




Centre got admin office,raising field,isolation center, medical room, transition center and the education center is under construction. Because of the Vietnamese Government's assistance,bear that been rescued from bear farm in Vietnam will be sent to the center or other animal rescue organizations which near to the bear farm.They also no need to worry about the expense and land problem.



About the fund,they have the Dragon Foundation in Hong Kong which donated 235,000 U.S. dollars.Beside that,AAF long-term fund-raising for the center make it no problem about the fund.

The Centre currently has 58 bear,mostly moon bear and some sun bear.New bear will have medical examination when arrival, if necessary,it will have to do surgery. Bear will be quarantine for 45 days in order to confirm it is not infected.

Because of the bears are solitary animal,they will fight each other if they suddenly live together.But the center did not have enough space for bear to have solitary life,so the centre have to make the bear adapt to social life. This is a very difficult steps,great patience is needed but luckily the centre dint face to much problem compare to China centre.

For safety reasons, I am not allowed have close contact with the bear,so I can only visit the bear from the outside of the cage.Although these bears are young, but they looks bigger and taller than me.

Carolyn told me that because of the hot weather, so the bear are all looked very lazy, most of them hiding in the rearing room to sleep.







Chinh told me that the education center is currently under construction and plans to have education program at the school nearby,in order to let the students learn from early about the importance of caring wild animals.




a beautiful temple i saw on the way.