(IN): 5 bear cubs trained to adopt to the wild

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*To be noted:*

 

*>**In one investigation it was found that two of the released bears were

killed by a leopard, according to Wildlife officers. <

 

Could this have been averted??

 

Azam

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Link: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=feb2908\ne5

 

*5 bear cubs trained to adopt to the wild

 

* ITANAGAR, Feb 28 – Five orphaned Himalayan bear cubs rescued from

different places are being reared and acclimatised in wild condition by a

trainer in the jungles of Pakke Reserve Forest in Arunachal Pradesh for

making them develop their self-defence instincts before being released in

the wild.

 

Called " in situ " programme, this technique of conditioning of orphaned bear

cubs to their natural environment by walking them daily in the jungle to

make them adjust to the natural surroundings is adopted from the Indonesian

model.

 

The bear cubs with their trainer Doluk were exhibited to a group of foreign

wildlife enthusiasts recently, by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) at the

tiger reserve forest while the bears walked from their high natural den

along the bank of upper Dikrai stream following Doluk as they do every

morning.

 

Earlier attempts in 2003 and in subsequent years failed as the bear cubs

could not develop necessary self defence instincts because of their

proximity to human beings.

 

In one investigation it was found that two of the released bears were killed

by a leopard, according to Wildlife officers.

 

However, these Himalayan bear cubs – three female and two male – are doing

well in getting acclimatised in wild conditions since September and are to

be released in four to five months, WTI Field Officer Tamo Dada, under whose

supervision the bear cubs are being reared, said.

 

Barbara Frich from USA, vice president of International Fund Animal Welfare

(IFAW), expressed satisfation at the success of the rehabilitation programme

while Mashe Voronksovi, director of IFAW, Russia lamented that 5,000 bear

cubs are orphaned each year in her country as their mothers are killed.

 

WTI president Ranjit Singh and WTI executive director Vivek Menon besides

activists from Japan and European countries also participated in the

bear-walk programme, an official release said Saturday. – PTI

 

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