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Rescued Moon Bears Arrive at Suffolk Forever Home
Confirmed
In Short: Five moon bears rescued from South Korean bile farms have arrived at Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park in Suffolk, where they will enjoy a better life, according to founder Jimmy Doherty.
The rescued moon bears, named Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi, and Huimang, were transported 5,500 miles from South Korea to their new reserve at the park.
Doherty, recalling his first meeting with the bears, said, 'It was heartbreaking to see what they had been through.
The bears were kept in poor conditions at one of South Korea's last bear bile farms, which have now been banned in the country, along with the extraction of bile from their gallbladders.
What's confirmed
- The rescued moon bears, named Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi, and Huimang, were transported 5,500 miles from South Korea to their new reserve at the park.
- Doherty, recalling his first meeting with the bears, said, 'It was heartbreaking to see what they had been through.
- The bears were kept in poor conditions at one of South Korea's last bear bile farms, which have now been banned in the country, along with the extraction of bile from their gallbladders.
What's still developing
- Jimmy Doherty, founder of the wildlife park, said the bears would now live a "profoundly better life".
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- The rescued moon bears have arrived in Suffolk from South Korea Five moon bears that spent decades living in cages in South Korea have arrived at their new home in Suffolk.
- Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park near Ipswich and its charity, Space for the Wild, transported the animals 5,500 miles (8,850km) to their new forever home at the park.
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