She did’t look like a bear when we found her
On one of our check-ups on wildlife at temples and private homes around Thailand we found a 3 year old Malayan sun bear inside a dark room, kept at a temple.
The bear had been in the room for so long, without any sunlight, that it got weak,, skinny and lost almost all hair. The WFFT wildlife rescue team begged the owners to give up the poor bear so it could be taken to the WFFT hospital for treatment, to save it’s life!
At 4 PM on Saturday 14th of March we were able to remove the bear from its ordeal and we started the long trip to our centre, arriving around 7 at night. Since arrival we have been fighting to keep the bear alive as it is too weak to eat and has a very low body temperature.
Most people will not recognise a bear in the photos, neither did we at first. We are doing all we can to rescue this bear right now.