Post by grrraaahhh on Aug 3, 2011 8:17:05 GMT -9
From the BBC...
Dozens of bears kept for entertainment in private zoos, restaurants and motels in the Ukraine are to be rescued, the country's government says.
Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky said many of the bears were poorly treated and forced to drink alcohol.
"How long can we tolerate animal torture in restaurants where drunken guests make bears drink vodka for laughs?" Interfax quoted him as saying.
Some 80 bears would be released into a wildlife sanctuary, he said.
An enclosure would be built to house the animals.
For more read here.....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14393667
Dozens of bears kept for entertainment in private zoos, restaurants and motels in the Ukraine are to be rescued, the country's government says.
Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky said many of the bears were poorly treated and forced to drink alcohol.
"How long can we tolerate animal torture in restaurants where drunken guests make bears drink vodka for laughs?" Interfax quoted him as saying.
Some 80 bears would be released into a wildlife sanctuary, he said.
An enclosure would be built to house the animals.
For more read here.....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14393667
