Why They Released the Sloth Bear

There's no generation left that experienced encountering bears, so it's sad that our culture disappeared—that's why they restored them. Here's an example of that lost culture:

The "Wooking" culture where people made "oooo" sounds so animals would avoid them beforehand. Director Moon emphasized the need for a culture of mutual consideration between animals and humans to enable coexistence. He said, "Since animals and humans inevitably overlap in certain areas, individuals need to improve their awareness so we can each respect our territories." "You've never seen rabbits on mountains, right? Haven't seen deer either? Have you been to Jeju? Did you see deer there? Jeju means deer. That's what's characteristic of Korean mountains—you can't see animals. It's unfortunate." He added, "Mountains where you can see deer, roe deer, and wild boar—that's truly living nature." He continued emphatically, "Our nature right now is just 'greened' with trees, we can't call it a healthy ecosystem." He also pointed out changes in people's lifestyle habits. In the past, there was the "Wooking culture" where adults hiking would make "oooo" sounds or tap their walking sticks with "thump thump" vibrations to make animals avoid them out of consideration, but nowadays that's gone.

Back when we'd hike desperately screaming and striking the ground with our walking sticks out of fear of being attacked—they're sad that our "Wooking culture" is gone. Then they say stuff like, if you go deep into the mountains, you should see rabbits, deer, wild boar, and bears, but it's sad that you don't.

You

Why are you doing this kind of thing?

Why...? Well, it's because...

It's...fun.

'Humans getting eaten by monsters is fun, you know.

Of course, there are some who wouldn't want to see that kind of thing.