It wasn’t until this “pet dog” reached a weight of 200 kg that the owner of “Little Black” began to question the true identity of this four-legged friend.
An unusual incident occurred with the family of Ms. Su Yun living in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Two years ago, they purchased a dog from a pet store, firmly believing that it was a Tibetan Mastiff.
The family bought the dog from a store, believing it to be a Tibetan Mastiff.
Su stated that she named her pet “Little Black.” From the moment they brought the puppy home, the entire family was astonished by its extraordinary eating habits. Ms. Yun shared, “It eats two buckets of noodles and a box of fruit every day.”
As it grew, it resembled a bear more than a dog.
However, after two years of raising and caring for it as a household pet, Ms. Su was shocked to discover that her beloved dog was actually… a bear.
This woman also mentioned that the dog grew rapidly, and although the family noticed something unusual about their pet, they still couldn’t believe that it was a bear. “The bigger it got, the more it looked like a bear rather than a dog. It wasn’t until it weighed 250 pounds (over 100 kg) and walked on its hind legs that we were sure it wasn’t a dog,” Ms. Yun stated.
Ms. Su realized that keeping a wild animal at home is illegal, so she decided to contact the Kunming Zoo in Yunnan Province to donate the bear. However, the zoo refused to accept the bear because Su could not provide a birth certificate or the bear’s origin.
She then reached out to the Kunming Forestry Police, who suggested that she send the bear to the Yunnan Wildlife Rescue Center.
This is a moon bear.
The bear was later identified as a moon bear (also known as the Tibetan black bear), a protected species in China. This bear species is at risk of extinction but is still commonly trafficked by smugglers in China and Asia, primarily for their body parts. Many moon bears are kept illegally for their bile, which is used in traditional medicine.
