Free Baloo the bear who’s ‘poked with sticks’ and ‘plied with booze for laughs’
Animal lovers are demanding the discharge of brown bear Baloo who’s poked with sticks and compelled to drink alcohol for vacationers’ amusement.
The proud beast has develop into a tragic, forlorn determine of enjoyable for ghouls who go to the ski resort the place he’s saved in squalid solitary confinement.
Baloo, who has been caged in his mountaintop jail for 23 years after being discovered injured as a cub in 2005, is often taunted by youngsters jabbing him with sticks.
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He lives off a meagre weight loss plan of cereal and is given fizzy pop and even booze so twisted onlookers can watch the good bear stagger round drunk.
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World Animal Protection, which has launched a petition for his launch, mentioned: “In a ski resort in Romania, Baloo the bear has been locked up in a cage under horrific conditions for 23 years.
“Baloo was found injured as a cub in the Romanian forests before Rangers took him in for treatment.
“He then came into private ownership at the ski resort where he still sits today – 23 long years later.”
The charity added: “Since 2005, the Romanian government has banned private individuals from keeping bears, but the law is poorly enforced.”
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WAP wild animals marketing campaign supervisor Sanne Kuijpers mentioned: “The conditions in which Baloo now lives are degrading to animals.
“The bear gets cereal, lemonade and even alcohol.
“He’s been in solitary confinement for nearly a quarter of a century and kids are jabbing him through the bars with sticks.
“The bear is visibly traumatised.”
Sanne added: “This is not any life for a bear.
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“That’s why we draw international attention to Baloo’s fate and hope that he can be freed soon.”
It is hoped Baloo could be free of the resort and rehomed on the Eastern European nation’s Libearty Bear Sanctuary.
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