Balu The Bear, who was born in the Khmelnitsky Zoo, and lived in close quarters
aviary in a zoo corner, moved to a rehabilitation center for brown bears on
Transcarpathia. Thanks to the efforts of caring residents of Khmelnitsky region and zoo activists
the Bear received a new residence permit in the Sinevir National Nature Park. About
this was reported by in
The Ministry of internal affairs, where they also applied for the relocation of the ball, reports
UNN.
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Investigators of the Khmelnitsky Region Police in August 2023 opened
criminal proceedings on the fact of ill-treatment of a bear, and
they initiated a study by specialized services of the conditions of keeping the animal.
Based on qualified conclusions, law enforcement officers filed a petition to
local authorities to transport the animal from the zoo corner in Khmelnitsky, where it is located
he lived from birth in a brown bear rehabilitation center in Transcarpathia. So Baloo got to Sinevir.
As soon as the zoologists allowed the move, the police officers issued all the necessary documents
and Baloo went to his new place of residence in the National Park.
Natural Park "Sinevir".
Recall
In August, animal activists of Khmelnitsky sent a complaint to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
and natural resources, so that they can check the habitat conditions of the brown bear Balu
at the local zoo corner. Then local residents and activists claimed that the animal
it is kept in poor conditions. This was finally confirmed by the conclusions of the audit.