, shifted to Agra Bear rescue facility Wednesday, 27 November 2019 | Sapna Singh | NEW DELHI

In a joint operation with Uttar Pradesh forest division, five sloth bear were seized from wildlife traffickers and later transferred to the Agra Bear Rescue facility for required medical treatment by Wildlife SoS on Tuesday.

According to Wildlife officials, these bear were intended for sale to other middleman by traffickers.

Surprisingly, organ of bears are used in making of Chinese traditional medicine. “Bear bile, gall bladders and other body parts are used in Chinese traditional medicine and make the bear a vulnerable target for this reason,” said a member of rescue team.

Elaborating the condition of these animals, an official said that the offenders had also smashed the teeth of the bears with metal rods and mutilated the muzzles to insert a rope to train the bears for street performance.” “By the timely…