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Bulgaria's Last 3 Dancing Bears Freed

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Some great news this weekend for Mima, Misho, and Svetla, the last of Bulgaria's "dancing bears," who were released to a mountain sanctuary on Friday after a lifetime of torture in the service of a horrific tradition. The process of forcing these animals to perform—a practice which sadly still continues in India and Pakistan—involves attaching a metal ring through their noses, which is pulled by a chain to create enough pain to induce them to walk on burning embers. According to the AP, the release of Mima, Misho, and Svetla to a sanctuary, thanks to the efforts of an activist group called the Four Paws Foundation, marks the end of a centuries-old tradition. Not only is this amazing news for the rescued animals, it’s also a great sign that people are finally starting to see just how cruel and barbaric it is to force animals to perform for our entertainment. Someone should probably tell Ringling Bros.



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I like so much to hear this great news and many many thanks to Four Paws Foundation! This cruel tradition has to be stopped in the whole world! The bears are just helpless and only moving under big pain caused by the ring in the nose which causes them also very ugly infections - just horrible! So thumbs up for Bulgaria! I'm very happy about it!

Posted by: The Don | June 18, 2007 01:23 PM

Thank you Four Paws Foundation! Just looking at that picture makes my nose hurt, so I can't imagine what these poor innocent bears have gone through! What the hell is wrong with people? Why is this considered entertainment for some people? I just don't understand. If this is still going on in India and Pakistan, I hope PETA is on the case! This has got to stop!

Posted by: Veronica | June 18, 2007 01:30 PM

PETA is working to make sure the laws against capturing "Dancing Bears" are enforced in Pakistan and India you can help too by going to: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/dancing_bears

Posted by: Fritz | June 18, 2007 01:57 PM

yeh!!! i am so excited for there new lives to begin away from the human torture!!Major thanks to the Four Paws Foundation!!! i hope they are running and playing freely and living much better lives!!!!

Posted by: kris shulfer | June 18, 2007 06:46 PM

This is great news!! I really hope the other countries that do this sick torture also stop this practice. Tradition does not justify torture!!!!

Posted by: Kathleen W. | June 19, 2007 06:27 PM

Two thumbs WAY up to Four paws foundation !! For stoping "Bear Dancing"in Bulgaria and if you ask me that's not dancing that's plain torture !

Posted by: Cody | June 19, 2007 06:38 PM

anything happening for the bears used for bile production, these bears up to 20 years in asia with a tube in their bile duct and lying with no movement in tiny cages.

Posted by: helena | June 19, 2007 07:29 PM

I really hope these are really THE LAST of the dancing bears..... I am bulgarian and I was schocked remembering these bears..... :(((( hope its over now...

Posted by: Pirina | November 29, 2007 09:06 AM

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