fatong yang's been fattening him up since he arrived. besides kung-fu, australian ngo free the bears has managed to rescue three other cubs so far this year. >> normally, young bears spend the first three years of their lives with their m mher. but she's usually killed, and the cubs are kepepunder awfuful conditions. kung-fu's brotheher died in captivity. he prorobably starved to death.. the animals haveve really terrible time. >> this fulllly grown asiaian bk bear, alsoso called moon bear, s almost two meters s high staini, and weighs in at 150 kilograms. in tat kuang si sanctuary, they try to keep the animals under the most natural conditions possible. the bear refuge lies in the north of laos right next to a well-known waterfall. the nearby touristst attractionn means a lot of visitors take advantage of the chance to also see the bears. hardly any of the visitors can imagine the ordeal these poor like kobobi, who lost his right front leg afafter he was trapped by poachers in a a snare. hehe was destined for an illegal bear farm. luke