How circuses take care of the animals
posted in 08 Dec 2009

SHOCKING IMAGES

A few days ago we put bear Faze, who arrived from Bahia weeks ago, to sleep, in order to do a general check up of his health state and check his mouth problem, as long as he presents serious difficulties to chew food.

What we saw were shocking images of an animal that had been completely abandoned. He has pieces of his teeth and some are cut, spoiled or destroyed. Faze is not more than 15 years old. He is a young Black American bear. He lived in several circuses and got addicted to Coca-Cola, so humans could use and exhibit him. The claws were pulled out and the worse, he had been mentally destroyed when was kept in small cages, was bad nourished, harassed by the audience and abandoned to his own luck. Until Ibama was bale to confiscate him.

Remeber these imagens. Look Faze, a bear who came from a circus, and compare him with a healthy bear. Then conclude what human beings are capable of doing with a so extraordinary creature, in the name of commercial exploitation.

Dr. Pedro A Ynterian
President, GAP Project International