Bear Balu from Khmelnitsky moved to live in Sinevir
Kyiv • UNN
Balu bear, who previously lived in poor conditions in the Khmelnitsky zoo, was transferred to the rehabilitation center of the National Nature Park "Sinevir". The move came after local activists and an official investigation called for improving the bear's living conditions.
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.
