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Lijiang farmer mistakes bear for dog and raises it for three years

By Li Yingqing and Li Xinyi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-03-17 14:11

This Asian black bear has been raised for three years by a farmer in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"I found this bear cub in the mountains in 2015 when it was dying," a villager surnamed Yang said. "I thought that it was a homeless dog so I took it home, and it became our family member." A half year after adopting the animal, the villager realized it was a bear but didn't report this to the government. In February 2018, the local forestry police took the Asian black bear away and guaranteed the villager’s family can visit the bear. 

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