Protected bear to share living quarters with giant pandas

After a month of careful nursing, an Asian black bear that was rescued by wild animal protection volunteers and police in Tieli, Heilongjiang province, is recovering well at the Heilongjiang Endangered Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and will be sent to the Yabuli giant panda habitat at Yabuli Ski Resort in the province next week.

The bear will join two giant pandas already at the resort.

On Jan 17, Tieli police received a report that people were hunting protected wild animals in the Lesser Hinggan Mountains, and that organs and body parts were being sold illegally for food.