Hokkaido bears for Yorkshire

UK-Japan News August 2018

One of four Ussuri brown bears that will be given a home at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. PHOTO: YWP

Four bears are to be sent from Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, The Mirror reported on 21 July.

The Ussuri brown bears have been living in tiny cages at the Ainu Culture Museum, but experience and resources to look after the bears are now lacking, the report said.

Named Riku, Kai, Hanako and Amu, the bears will be sent to a rehabilitation centre at the park in Doncaster, where a volunteers’ day was held to get everything ready for their arrival.