The dancing bears in Nepali have finally all been rescued, thus ending the inhumane treatment where cubs are captured and chains pierced in their snouts and taught to dance for entertainment.
According to the Huffington Post, the bears were controlled by the tug of a rope or the pull of a chain, but earlier this week the last two bears were finally freed Ranglia, 18-years-old and Sridevi, a 17-year-old female sloth bear, showed signs of trauma as their behaviors displayed shivering, cowering, pacing and sucking on their paws.
“We are thrilled that the last two known Nepali dancing bears have been rescued from their lifetime of suffering…,” the World Animal Protection and Jane Goodall Institute of Nepal stated. ‘Our hard effort and dedication has helped to bring an end to this illegal tradition in Nepal.”
The Himalayan nation had banned dancing bear performances in 1973, but despite the passage of time, street performers persisted and tourists continued to pay. Animal activists had spent over a year tracking down the bears and after receiving a tip tracked the bears by the owners’ cell phones to a district near the border of India.
Ranglis and Sridevi are in the care of the Parsa Wildlife Reserve. The sloth bears are a critically endangered breed and only found in Nepal, India, Sri Lanke and Bhutan. Estimates contend there are less than 20,000 sloth bears in the world.
It is hoped the bears can eventually be moved to a sanctuary in India.
Video:
https://www.facebook.com/WorldAnimalProtectionAustralia/videos/10155878273802381/
(Photos via freezeshots via video and WAPA)
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Stray dog was being eaten alive by maggots before rescuers found her
Now that the bears are free I would love to execute the mother f*ckers who neglected these animals all those years.
And I would be very glad to help you hunt these bastards down – stick ropes and chains through their noses and prance their useless butts around.
how can anyone think this right for these poor animals. do the same thing to the people, see if they like it, the morons, and don’t give me it is the culture.
HALLELUJAH!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for saving these poor sweet animals!!
I won’t believe it until I see a video of them being introduced into the sanctuary. The video did not show their freedom.