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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEveryone Is Banding Together to Save Arturo, the World's Most Depressed Polar Bear, From a Zoo
"Arturo is in a small cage, with no space to walk, he has no stimulation, and the weather is awful for a polar bear,"
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msongs
(67,405 posts)brett_jv
(1,245 posts)Given the fact that we're destroying their habitat by our profligate carbon-based fuels consumption ...
Hopefully Arturo can at least wind up in a NICER living arrangement, though ...
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... draw crowds that are more interested in 'gawking' at animals than seeing them in an environment conducive to their well-being, animals like Arturo will spend their lives like this.
If your local zoo is set up to appeal to gawkers instead of animal lovers, DON'T GO THERE - and do everything you can to discourage others from GOING THERE.
A zoo without attendees quickly becomes a zoo that no longer exists.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)ellenrr
(3,864 posts)Response to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)KinMd
(966 posts)..buy him from them
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)More seriously, it looks like he's in a form of solitary confinement, which would explain his mood.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He needs a friend and something fun to do. That photo is just so tragic.
Uncle Joe
(58,362 posts)moves him to a better home.
Thanks for the thread, yortsed snacilbuper.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)I hope he is saved somehow.