These four bears were neglected, and left in physical and mental distress for years at a closed down roadside zoo. In July, 2015, Peta rescued the bears, and filmed the amazing animals take their first steps to freedom.
While the bears were first hesitant of their new surroundings, they become visibly calmer and happier as they experience life outside filthy, barren cages.
Bruno, Fifi, Marica, and Pocahontas were kept locked in these cages and hadn’t set foot out of them in at least 20 years.
The four bears were kept in rusted cages as part of roadside zoo in Pennsylvania with no shade, water for swimming, and no way to hibernate.
Before the Big Bear Farm Zoo closed, they had been forced to perform tricks like riding bicycles. The horrible treatment, left the bears in physical and mental distress.
Peta rescued the animals and brought them to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.
After the cross-country journey, these bears took their first steps out of their cages, and into a new life.
Take a look at the entire video to watch the touching moment these bears are given a new life.
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