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After years in tiny cages, 27 moon bears in Laos finally taste freedom
27 Asiatic black bears rescued in northern Laos after being kept in tiny wire cages for bile extraction. The bears, now in a conservation group's care, are experiencing freedom and clean water for the first time in years.
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