★Winner of the 13th Hsing Yun Award for Global Chinese Literature for Journalism.
★Shortlisted for the 2025 Golden Tripod Award, Nonfiction
★Named a “Recommended Reading for Primary and Secondary School Students” by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture

One bear’s unfinished journey opened a path between wilderness and humanity

When Formosan Black Bear 568 was trapped and killed, its fate shook Taiwan. Over 25 days, the bear crossed mountains and ridges in a desperate journey home—only to reveal the fractures between humans and nature, Indigenous traditions and state power, compassion and fear.

Through rare interviews with conservationists, villagers, and the hunters themselves, veteran journalist Hui-Ping Tsai delivers a gripping, unprecedented account of a single bear’s death that became a mirror for society.

A powerful story of loss, reckoning, and the urgent question: how can humans and wildlife truly coexist?

 

Hui-Ping Tsai (蔡惠萍) is currently the deputy editor-in-chief of United Daily News. Previously, she has won the Wu Shun-wen Award for journalism, the Nebula Awards for News and Media, and the Bridge Society Award. She is also known as the author of Lung Ying-Tai in Office.