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Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) A farmers' association in Hualien County recently set aside a rice field as a feeding ground after a Formosan black bear was reportedly spotted foraging there, but conservationists cautioned that doing so could make the bear change its diet.
A farmers’ association in Hualien County has set aside a rice field as a feeding area after a Formosan black bear reportedly foraged there, but conservationists have said the move might push the bear to change its diet.
On Wednesday, the association in Hualien’s Fuli Township (富里) pledged to purchase the latest harvest from a 2,000m2 rice paddy owned by a local farmer, surnamed Chen (陳), after he reportedly spotted a “bear-like creature” on the plot.
On Tuesday, Chen had taken a video of the animal eating rice on his land, but he was unable to determine what it was, association director-general