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In reply to the discussion: Free Bear Caged at Ice Cream Parlor in York, PA for 18 Years E action! (link fixed!) [View all]BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I saw a heartbreaking documentary (good though) that was about the exotic/wild animal trade. A guy in Georgia had a pair of lions in a cage with a concrete slab. A wildlife ranger would visit him often, trying to convince the guy to give up the lions because he could not properly care for them. Because of the laws in that state the animals were considered property so he didn't have to give them up. The male lion was accidentally electrocuted from the faulty wiring in the pens, so the guy, noticeably heartbroken, did finally agree to have the lions sent to a sanctuary as by now there were cubs as well. The guy was so stupid and selfish, it wasn't until that gorgeous animal died a horrible death that he finally realized that he shouldn't have wild animals.
I hope this bear is freed. It is awful what these humans are doing to it. A beautiful wild animal, kept in a cage its whole life is basically torture. So sad.