Bigger home needed for rare bear

From The Daily Mail:
A tiny endangered bear is being kept as a house pet and has all the creature comforts he needs after he was rescued from callous animal traders. (See more cute pictures here).

But two-month-old Koda the Andean bear cub cannot stay playing in armchairs and climbing house-plants for long. His rescuers, an animal rights organization, are looking for a permanent home for the cub who could grow up to 6 ft and weigh more than 340lbs.

Koda liked strawberry yoghurt and chewing on bamboo. In the wild he would eat fruits, but the bears also eat berries, grasses, bulbs, insects, and small animals such as rodents, rabbits, and birds.

The endangered bear is living in the home of animals rights activists in La Paz, Bolivia, where he climbs on the furniture instead of trees as he would have done in his natural habitat.

The Andean bear, also known as the Spectacled Bear, are recorded as "Vulnerable" on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Animals.

Animal charities are battling to keep the bears in their natural habitat in the Andes range and outlying mountain ranges. This stretches from western Venezuela south to Bolivia. A few have been reported in eastern Panama and extreme northern Argentina.

 

Comments

[Robert Kellerman]

What ever happened to Koda?