Family Adopts Oversized Puppy – As It Grows, They Realize It’s Not A Dog At All

When a woman brought home a large puppy for her family, everyone in the house was overjoyed.

After all, everybody loves a puppy!

Of course, this was a very large pup, but the woman believed it was a Tibetan mastiff, which are absolutely enormous dogs.

So, it made sense the puppy would be huge.

But as the “pooch” began to grow, the woman – Su Yun, a resident of the Yunnan province of southwestern China – began to notice something:

This dog had a gigantic appetite. He would eat entire boxes of fruit and noodles in a single day!

Okay, so the dog liked to eat … that didn’t mean it wasn’t a canine, right? Well, there was something else to consider, too:

This animal was growing at a tremendous rate.

In fact, he had developed the ability to actually stand on his hind legs for long periods of time! What dog can do that…?

Finally, Su had to admit something was going on. And she realized that her beloved “puppy” had morphed into a huge animal that looked a lot like…

A black bear!

Unbelievably enough, as the creature kept growing and devouring everything in sight, it became apparent that it was indeed a bear.

This was no Tibetan mastiff and of course, Su couldn’t possibly keep a bear as a pet.

But the Kunming Zoo wouldn’t take the bear because Su didn’t have a proper birth certificate for the animal.

That’s when she turned to the Yunnan Wildlife Rescue Centre.

Thankfully, the people there agreed to take in the bear, which had already reached three feet tall!

The staff later identified the formerly labeled “dog” as an Asiatic black bear, which are considered “vulnerable” (aka endangered).

Sadly, the Asiatic black bear has suffered a nasty 80 percent drop in population due to severe habitat loss.

Worse still, poachers value these animals because their gall bladders and claws fetch good prices on the black market.

What a terrible fate for any animal!

So in fact, this is a happy story.

If Su hadn’t adopted the “dog,” and hadn’t turned him over to the Centre when she realized what he was, that poor animal could’ve met a tragic fate!

Now called Little Black, the bear is doing very well at the Centre and will hopefully lead a healthy and happy life…

He just couldn’t be in someone’s home. 😉

Source: Honest to Paws