bears hugging each other at a rescue centre after hundreds of them were saved from years of barbaric abuse in Vietnam and China.
In a video clip, the moon and sun bears can be seen playing, caressing and wrestling with each other after being nursed back to physical and mental health in recovery.
The moon bears, now safely located at Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao, are on the brink of extinction in Southeast Asia after falling victim to illegal practices including torture, the charity said.
Animals Asia said they have witnessed moon and sun bears being left to starve to death and saved an innocent cub after it was trapped in a chicken cage - all in the name of bear bile farming, which is used for traditional Chinese medicine.
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