Ice Cream Shop Bear Wins Freedom from Enclosure

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Ice Cream Shop Bear Wins Freedom from Enclosure

Postby Edge Guerrero » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:02 am

After 16 years spent living in a concrete-floored outdoor enclosure, a female bear has been moved to a Colorado sanctuary, following a legal settlement with her owner, according to Pennlive.

Ricki, an 18-year-old black bear, lived in the enclosure as an attraction alongside a popular York County, Pa. ice cream shop.

Late last year multiple plaintiffs joined a lawsuit on the bear's behalf, alleging inadequate living conditions, in a motion filed against the shop's owner, Jim McDaniels, and his store Jim Mack's Ice Cream.

McDaniels and the plaintiffs later reached a settlement in the case, and Ricki has just been relocated to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colo.






Ricki's enclosure can be seen in the video above, shot by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and posted to Youtube.

Pennlive reports that the bear will have some 15 acres of land at her disposal at the sanctuary and that she will slowly be transitioned to her new life in nature and among other bears.

SOURCE:http://news.discovery.com/animals/ice-cream-shop-bear-150210.htm

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Postby greenseed » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:21 pm

Free Ricki


Who's seen "the story of ricki"? Epic goofy kingfu
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Postby Som-Pong » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:18 am

Keeping animals in captivity is wrong.
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Postby Canuckster » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:19 am

fuck zoos, i hate that shit.
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Postby Luigi » Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:16 am

The ice cream guy didnt even have the decency to give him dirt and grass? Glad the bear will finally live naturally.
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Postby Masato » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:42 am

good for you guys. Zoos suck

My kids were just asking what they do with the dolphins/whales/animals at MarineLand (theme park near here) during the winter?

Our suspicions were not pretty lol

Once in animation school we had to go to the zoo to draw animals. Me and a few classmate friends ate mushrooms, and I had a horrible empathy-trip with the animals. Some of the smarter creatures were imo completely insane and depressed/angry/tortured. Other animals were trying to hide in the corner as people gawked at them. I get strong psychic intuitions on mushrooms, it was so horrifying I will never go to a zoo again.
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Postby Som-Pong » Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:56 am

I did a similar thing but only on ganja. Went to Dusit zoo and just as you say it's easy to tell that the intelligent animals are crazy or depressed. I do love the monkeys at Lopburi though, thieving bastards.
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Postby Masato » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:49 am

Is it possible for us to know/judge which animals are dumb or not?

Like little fish in a fishtank, chickens, rodents etc - are we right to assume they don't know better/are too dumb to ponder their situation? At what point does it start to get shady?

Like I said in another thread, those fish that Edge posted can look BOTH stupid as fuck, or super wise to me. How am I to know?

I like the rumors about consciousness evolution that say when we make the jump it will be obvious, everyone's consciousness will be open and we will sense everything for what it is. Liars will be obvious, as will simpletons or sages.
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Postby Som-Pong » Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:26 am

Don't worry mate, I'll never be obvious!
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Postby Canuckster » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:54 am

The fuck are you on about, you're. The most obvious one here.
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