Shut Down The Cherokee Bear Zoo Now [View all]

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Throughout the United States, countless animals suffer in low-budget roadside zoos.
Used for cheap entertainment, these animals are often confined to barren cages, forced into unnatural interactions with tourists, deprived of proper care, and subjected to poor diets and living conditions.

One of the worst examples of these exploitative attractions is the Cherokee Bear Zoo in Cherokee, North Carolina.

At this bleak tourist stop, black bears, grizzly bears, and even sun bears --- a species native to Southeast Asia --- are imprisoned in concrete pits.
These grim enclosures are void of natural stimulation, each containing little more than a few scattered mats on the ground, a tiny pool that is barely sufficient for the bears to cool off during the sweltering North Carolina summers, and a few scattered tires and logs as makeshift enrichment.

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