Taipei, April 8 (CNA) A female Formosan black bear taken in with an injured paw and her cub were jointly released into the wild in Hualien County Wednesday after spending more than a year in a wildlife rehabilitation center, conservation officials said.
Last March, Taiping Village in Zhuoxi Township, Hualien County, rescued a mother bear that had accidentally fallen into a trap and lured and captured her unweaned cubs. After a year of care and rewilding training, "Wuli" and "Muwa" returned to the mountains today with the blessings of the local tribesmen, marking the first time in Taiwan that a mother and daughter bear have been released into the wild on the same day.