Wildlife authorities in Nepal have ruled against returning a rescued sloth bear to its home in India, citing the animal’s unverified nationality.
Animal rights centre Sneha’s Care rescued Dhutharu, the one-year-old sloth bear, from an animal tamer in Nepal’s southeatern Siraha district six month ago.
Speaking to PTI, activist Sneha Shrestha said, “After reading on the newspaper that a little bear (Dhutharu) was being made to perform tricks for his trapper, I decided to go with my team to Siraha to rescue the animal from torture.”
Dhutharu was handed over to the Government with the request that he be transported to a wildlife recovery centre in India as Nepal does not have such a facility. Private organisation like Sneha’s Care are not authorised to keep under their care rescued wild animals.