Bears in the Black Forest: winter rest and dramatic animal rescues!

Bears in the Black Forest: winter rest and dramatic animal rescues!

In the past few weeks, the fates of the bears have changed significantly in various animal parks and protective devices. So reported the Small newspaper that the bear in the Salzburg Zoo, after a winter rest, regularly visits her outdoor area to enjoy her breakfast. However, Bär Aragon, who has to struggle on his joints at the age of 32. Medical care and special medication should help him become fitter again. Winter rest is an interesting biological phenomenon: it is an interrupted hibernation that can flexibly adapt to the environment.

However, the topic of bear protection is not only relevant in the Salzburg Zoo. In Bad Rippoldsau, an alternative park is actively working on the rescue of bears. The Baden latest news reported on the challenges with which the alternative wolf and bear park is faced with. Various animals live here, which have been saved from precarious keeping conditions. Bernd Nonnenmacher, the managing director of the park, explained that bears, lynxes and wolves live in natural enclosures, far from the cramped conditions in Zoos. The team is also planning a new rescue mission for bears from Ukraine next spring.

The stories of bears such as Daria, which was saved from closed zoos, and special living conditions of Luchsen in the park are examples of the commitment of the facility. The animal rights activists also shed light on how important it is to preserve bears and other wild animals in their natural environment, since many of them come from breeding for outdoor projects, but often from poor attitudes. Recently even bears were successfully brought to Germany via the Ukraine rescue mission, which underlines the urgency of this task.