article_snippet.sent: Today, only 1,245 of the animals remain in captivity in bear farms across China compared to nearly 2,000 in 2014 and more than 4,000 in 2005.
article_snippet.sent: In one  farm in Halong Bay, Cau Trang, 22 bears from just 27 in total have died since November.
article_snippet.sent: Four bears were reported to have died there in one day
article_snippet.sent: Packed into rusty metal cages, one of Four bears lay motionless on the ground, seemingly giving up hope of ever being rescued.
article_snippet.sent: A patch of dry ground 20 metres away from the cages was coated with clumps of bear fur.
article_snippet.sent: When our man arrived at the farm, Hung was asked where Four bears had gone.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier his father Nguyen responded to a Vietnamese journalist, and claimed the four bears which died in one day at his father Nguyen farm were all aged over 20 and had been 'eating less' in recent months.
article_snippet.sent: Because of the four bears which died in one day at his farm endangered status – less than 100 moon bears remain in the wild in Vietnam – the death of any bear should be reported to local officials who are meant to oversee any bear post mortem and burial.
article_snippet.sent: can from the four bears which died in one day at his farm. '
article_snippet.sent: As for the bears who have already died, who conducted post mortems?
article_snippet.sent: MailOnline man Simon Parry at the gates of Cau Trang bear farm in Halong Bay where 22 bears have died since November.
article_snippet.sent: Only five bears are left at Cau Trang .
highlights_snippet.sent: Bears are kept in tiny 2ft by 4ft metal 'crush cages' with no room to move .
  