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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 18, 2017, 03:20:45 pm

Title: Video of skeletal sun bears begging for food at Indonesian zoo sparks Internet storm
Post by: TomSea on January 18, 2017, 03:20:45 pm
Video of skeletal sun bears begging for food at Indonesian zoo sparks Internet storm
By Asian Correspondent Staff | 18th January 2017   | @ascorrespondent
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2a3zw_UUAAB5d2.jpg:large)
In the latest petition addressed to the Wildlife Authority (BKSDA) in West Java, Scorpion said its volunteers have attempted to feed the bears with fruits and have demanded access to inspect their conditions more closely. The group has also demanded access to sun bears that the zoo said were undergoing medical treatment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HbHChFYL4
Continued: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/01/video-skeletal-sun-bears-begging-food-indonesian-zoo-sparks-internet-storm/

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Sun Bears can normally look like this:
(http://www.accent.ac.nz/system/files/articles/images/cambodia_sun_bear_2.jpg)