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                             A 16-year old bear rescued from Lam Dong tourist site
                              19 November 2018 | 01:38:00 PM 
                             A bear which has been held at a tourist site in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been rescued. 
                             
The provincial forest protection  department and Four PawsViet organisation have received the bear from  Prenn Fall tourist site in Dalat City. 
 
   
The bear has been kept at the site since 2012
The 16-year-old bear weighing 83 kilos  has been kept at the site since 2012 when it was handed over from a  local household. The animal was mainly used for as a tourist attraction  at the site.
Bears in Ben Tre and Dong Nai provinces have also rescued been and brought to Ninh Binh Bear Sanctuary.
Director of the Four PawsViet Ngo Thi  Mai Huong said that the centre tried to call on individuals and  organisation to transfer bears which are still being kept to Ninh Binh  Bear Sanctuary to be taken care of.
According to Four PawsViet, at  present, nearly 800 bears are still raised at households and tourist  sites nationwide, including five in Lam Dong and 90 in Dong Nai  Province.
The  Vietnamese government agreed to a plan with non-profit group Animals  Asia in 2017 to shut down all bear farms in the country and move all  remaining captive bears to sanctuaries. 
                             Source:  dtinews.vn
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