Cute sun bear cub rescued before it’s sold

In safe hands: Abdul Kadir (left) showing the rescued one-month-old sun bear at the Perhilitan headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: At one month old, the sun bear looks like an adorable, plush toy, but it was actually snatched from its mother to be illegally sold online.

Last Saturday, the National Parks Department (Perhilitan) saved the cub at a hotel in Kuala Lipis, Pahang.