Overview
- Gordo and Florencia, two brown bears, and Flora, a tigress, left Ezeiza on cargo flights after a controlled road transfer via Ruta 6 with veterinary checks in Las Heras.
- The bears’ flight was scheduled around 15:10 Monday with arrival in Sofia late Tuesday, followed by a Wednesday road transfer to Belitsa Bear Sanctuary for quarantine and rehabilitation.
- Flora is traveling separately to a specialized big-cat facility in the Netherlands, identified by officials as Felida Big Cat Sanctuary.
- Four Paws leads the operation with support from the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, training the animals to enter crates voluntarily and completing the move without anesthesia.
- The departures follow a first-phase health assessment of 62 animals at the closed site, including dental surgeries and diet changes for the bears, with further relocations planned.