Rescued Moon Bears Arrive at Suffolk Wildlife Park

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In Short: Jimmy Doherty, founder of Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park, said the rescued moon bears—Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi.

The bears, which spent decades in small cages, were rescued from one of South Korea's last bear bile farms, sites that have now been banned in the country. South Korea prohibited the breeding and possession of the bears, along with the extraction of bile from their gallbladders, last year.

The wildlife park, which launched a campaign to fund the rescue, has raised over £90,000 out of a target of £200,000. The bears were transported 5,500 miles to their new home at the park, where a specially created reserve awaits them.

Doherty expressed his gratitude for the support, saying, 'It was heartbreaking to see what the bears had been through. I will never forget meeting them for the first time.

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Jimmy Doherty, founder of the wildlife park, said the bears would now live a "profoundly better life".
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.
The bile was used in medicines while the bears themselves were often kept in poor conditions.
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Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal and Haverhill Echo A group of bears from South Korea have found their forever home at a Suffolk wildlife park after a 5,500-mile rescue mission.
Five Asiatic black bears, aka moon bears, arrived at Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park, in Wherstead, near Ipswich, on Thursday.
The bears, named Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi and Huimang, spent much of their lives in small cages as part of South Korea’s bile bear industry.

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