A total of seven animal protection groups held a memorial service at Flora Garden on Saturday to commemorate Bobo, the city’s beloved Asiatic black bear that died on November 20, aged about 32.
Several dozen citizens gathered outside Bobo’s now empty enclosure and signed a petition against the government’s plan to preserve Bobo’s body through taxidermy for it to be made into a specimen for display.
Bobo was rescued by municipal officials from the cooking pot on December 19, 1986 from a tiny cage outside a game restaurant in Rua da Felicidade after it was found that the eatery didn’t have the required inspection documents for the bear’s import to Macau, according to a report in Chinese-language daily Jornal “Va Kio” published on December 20, 1986.
Several dozen people gather in front of Bobo’s now empty enclosure in Flora Garden on Saturday during a memorial service organised by seven local associations that called on locals to sign a petition against the government’s decision to turn Bobo’s body into a specimen. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
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