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Friday, September 09, 2005 1:13 AM

Bear arrested for begging

 

" A former circus trainer has offered to give the bear a home if its

owner doesn't come forward within two days. " POOR BEAR!!!!

 

 

Bear arrested for begging

(AFP)

Updated: 2005-08-25 11:20

A bear is reportedly being detained in a police cell after being

arrested for begging in the western Siberian city of Divnogorsk.

 

A dancing bear performing in Russia. [AFP]

A dancing bear performs in Russia. [AFP]

 

 

According to the RIA-Novosti news agency, police picked up the female

bear after reports she had been cajoling food from drivers parked at a

roadside cafe.

" Capturing the bear didn't require much effort, " a local police

commander told the news agency, adding that the bear had obviously lived

with humans for a long time.

She appeared to have fled from her owner or had been abandoned like a

" useless toy " , the officer said.

Despite her apparent familiarity with humans and good behaviour, the

bear has been put behind bars, although the officer stressed it would be

a temporary detention.

" We are feeding her honey and cake, " he said.

Managers of the zoo in nearby Krasnoyarsk have refused to take the

animal, saying they already had plenty of bears.

A former circus trainer has offered to give the bear a home if its owner

doesn't come forward within two days.

The beggar is the second bear to be picked up this summer by police in

Divnogorsk, a city of 30,000 on the Yenisey river, which is surrounded

by dense Siberian forest or taiga.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/25/content_472129.htm

 

 

 

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Good evening:

 

It is hard to believe that bears are even being arrested. Can an animal

welfare organization in the area step forward to help this poor bear victim?

 

Patricia