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Subject: Bears saved from forced vodka drinking
Written By: King Tut on 08/05/11 at 6:31 pm
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for entertainment purposes and often forced to drink alcohol, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
Captured and tamed bears were often used for entertainment in the Russian Empire, which included Ukraine, turning the animal into a national symbol.
The practice appears to have also survived Ukraine's emergence from Soviet rule, but Zlochevsky said it was inhumane and unacceptable today.
"On television, they keep showing bears suffering in restaurants and roadside hotels," Interfax quoted him as saying. "How long can we tolerate animal torture in restaurants where drunken guests make bears drink vodka for laughs?"
Zlochevsky said his ministry was building a large enclosure in a wildlife sanctuary where it would place about 80 bears it planned to liberate
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Bears drining vodka. Ah, the ( bear) Bare Necessities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o
Subject: Re: Bears saved from forced vodka drinking
Written By: danootaandme on 08/06/11 at 2:44 am
That is just sick. I feel the same way about elephant rides, swimming with dolphins, all that crap, but forcing an animal to get drunk goes beyond the pale.
Subject: Re: Bears saved from forced vodka drinking
Written By: ladybug316 on 08/06/11 at 7:49 am
How awful! I had never heard of this!