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Bulgaria's last 3 dancing bears freed
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jun 15, 2007 01:24pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Friday, June 15, 2007 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SOFIA, Bulgaria - After a lifetime of brutal treatment, including walking on burning embers, Bulgaria's last three dancing bears will get to rest their paws at a mountain sanctuary, in an apparent end to the centuries-old performance tradition in the Balkans.
Activists on Friday bought the freedom of Mima, 8, Misho, 19, and Svetla, 17.
Bulgaria is believed to have been the last country in the Balkans where dancing bears still performed, even though the practice was outlawed in 1993, when there were 20 to 30 such bears in the country. |
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