Mici, Mascha and Tim are the last bears remaining in private keeping in Slovenia who are trapped in tiny cages. They urgently need your help!
For more than two decades these bears have endured unimaginable suffering, their days are marked by boredom and stress. For two bears, Felix and Mitko help came too late. Felix died in his concrete cage, where he was kept for over 30 years. Despite showing clear signs of distress and the urgent need for medical attention, the authorities in Slovenia turned a blind eye on his suffering. Bear Mitko was euthanized just one day before the deadline to improve his living conditions, which had for years been inadequate, expired. An inspection was already scheduled and his confiscation process was to be initiated. Mitko was euthanized before he could ever experience a life worthy for a bear.
FOUR PAWS has offered the Slovenian authorities to rescue all captive bears and bring them to one of our sanctuaries, so that they can spend the rest of their lives in species-appropriate conditions and receive the attention they desperately deserve. Because they have not taken up this offer, two bears have already died.We need your urgent help to make the rescue of the remaining bears happen! Although FOUR PAWS has proven to the authorities that all of the bears are suffering, and need to be relocated as soon as possible to a species-appropriate facility, they keep ignoring us.
You can help change this!
Please raise your voice for the captive bears in Slovenia and urge the Slovenian authorities to finally accept their responsibility and order a confiscation of the remaining 3 bears. Only then can FOUR PAWS finally rescue and accommodate them in one of our beautiful sanctuaries.