Imphal, June 29 -- Angshim Dangshawa, Deputy Commissioner of Manipur's Tamenglong district, rescued 2 three-month-old Himalayan black bear cubs and has transferred them to the Manipur Zoological Garden in Imphal West district.

The IUCN Red List lists the Himalayan black bear, locally called 'Saom' in Meiteilon/Manipuri, as Vulnerable. India's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 also lists it in Schedule 1.

On Sunday, Angshim Dangshawa found and rescued the two Himalayan black bear cubs (Ursus thibetanus laniger), a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), from Kadi village in Tamenglong district's Tamei sub-division of Manipur, which shares a border with Nagaland to the north.

After proper medical treatments on Sunday, officia...