“We are in advanced contact with different countries to welcome the bear cub Tanie, with the aim of releasing her into the wild”, indicates, this Wednesday, May 31, Patrick Violas, the boss of the zoo-refuge La Tanière, located in Nogent. -le-Phaye.
Tanie, this four-month-old cub from Latvia, arrived in France on May 25. “Poachers had killed his mother,” recalls the founder of the zoo-refuge, who took in the animal.
72 hours to find asylum for Tanie, a bear cub, entrusted to the zoo-refuge La Tanière, near Chartres
France, which had applied, along with Italy and Greece, was chosen by the Latvian authorities. But Patrick Violas and his zoological director, Sébastien Muller, a great specialist in these animals, have one objective: to reintroduce the little orphan into her natural environment.
“We had bet on 72 hours to negotiate with a country capable of welcoming her, because we wanted to put in place a protocol. And it is very different, depending on whether she remains in captivity or whether she is released.”
This deadline has been revised upwards and the zoo-refuge should finalize the departure of Tanie at the end of the week. France would be a candidate. In the meantime, the bear is kept away: “We limit human contact. She is very aggressive with humans and it is a good thing that she does not get used to us.
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The European brown mammal seems to be in good health: “Tanie loves some flowers that we find in nature.” Its likely reintroduction delights the entire La Tanière team, including Patrick Violas’ wife, Francine: “I didn’t want to meet his gaze. I don’t want to get attached. His life must be in nature, in freedom, not in a park. We saw heartbreaking videos of her screaming for her mom.”
Thierry Delaunay
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