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Briton saves five bears from cages in South Korean camp in extraordinary rescue mission

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A Briton has completed a never before seen extraordinary rescue of bile bears from a South Korean camp. Five Asiatic Black Bears rescued from a former bile farm in South Korea touched down in Britain last Thursday, arriving at Jimmy's Farm and Wildlife Park in Suffolk after travelling roughly 5,500 miles. The animals — named Bara, Rumi, Saebit, Yonggi and Huimang — had spent their entire lives caged on the farm before TV presenter and conservationist Jimmy Doherty led the mission to bring them to safety. The operation was coordinated by Space for the Wild, the wildlife park's official charity, alongside the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA). TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say It represents a landmark moment in animal conservation: never before have Moon Bears been rescued from South Korea's bear bile trade and rehomed in the UK. The Suffolk park is the first organisation anywhere to achieve this. South Korea's bear bile industry, which involved extracting bile from the gallbladder