Free Bear Caged at Ice Cream Parlor in York, PA for 18 Years E action! (link fixed!)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/285/609/007/free-bear-caged-at-ice-cream-parlor-for-18-years/





Ricky, an 18-year-old black bear, has spent her entire life caged in a concrete enclosure outside Jim Mack's Ice Cream parlor in York, Pa. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) observed and took footage of Ricky with matted hair, eating dog food with only green-looking water available.

The bear lives alone on hard concrete 100% of the time, and is forced to endure cold Pennsylvania winters. She eats an unnatural, boring diet of dog food and corn.

Pennsylvania state regulations require wild animals to receive humane care and treatment, which Ricky does not. Please sign the petition to urge the York County Common Pleas Court to free Ricky so she can live the rest of her life on a sanctuary with other bears and space to roam free.

Petition: overview

Ricky, an 18-year-old black bear, has spent her entire life caged in a concrete enclosure outside Jim Mack's Ice Cream parlor in York, Pa. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) observed and took footage of Ricky with matted hair, eating dog food with only green-looking water available.

The bear lives alone on hard concrete 100% of the time, and is forced to endure cold Pennsylvania winters. She eats an unnatural, boring diet of dog food and corn.

Pennsylvania state regulations require wild animals to receive humane care and treatment, which Ricky does not. Please sign the petition to urge the York County Common Pleas Court to free Ricky so she can live the rest of her life on a sanctuary with other bears and space to roam free.

[SamKnause]

1. Your link is to an Eric Garner petition,

calling for the officer that choked him to death to be fired.

I tried it 3 times.

Help.

[Ms. Toad]

2. Link

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/285/609/007/free-bear-caged-at-ice-cream-parlor-for-18-years/

[SamKnause]

6. Thank you.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Here is the correct link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/285/609/007/free-bear-caged-at-ice-cream-parlor-for-18-years/

[SamKnause]

7. Thank you.

[840high]

26. Done. Breaks my heart.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Thanks

Fixed.

[SamKnause]

8. You are welcome.

[silverweb]

5. Signed & shared!

[SamKnause]

9. K&R

Done.

[LiberalElite]

10. K&R signed and shared nt

[BrotherIvan]

11. Signed!

Why are people so cruel????? If there is a way to donate to buy her freedom, let me know.

[Boreal]

16. Same thing I was thinking

If the state won't spring her then raise the money to get her out of there.


Thanks to the OP for posting this. Signed and shared.


Sickening!!!

[BrotherIvan]

19. Sometimes when the owner knows there is publicity, they set ridiculous prices

I saw a heartbreaking documentary (good though) that was about the exotic/wild animal trade. A guy in Georgia had a pair of lions in a cage with a concrete slab. A wildlife ranger would visit him often, trying to convince the guy to give up the lions because he could not properly care for them. Because of the laws in that state the animals were considered property so he didn't have to give them up. The male lion was accidentally electrocuted from the faulty wiring in the pens, so the guy, noticeably heartbroken, did finally agree to have the lions sent to a sanctuary as by now there were cubs as well. The guy was so stupid and selfish, it wasn't until that gorgeous animal died a horrible death that he finally realized that he shouldn't have wild animals.

I hope this bear is freed. It is awful what these humans are doing to it. A beautiful wild animal, kept in a cage its whole life is basically torture. So sad.

[Boreal]

21. These are the kinds of things

that make think the physical realm is Hell. Yes, it IS torture and so many defenseless animals endure it. Makes me so incredibly sad and very angry.

[AtomicKitten]

12. 18 years? Poor thing.

Signed, passed on, and hoping for a quick resolution.

k and r

[Beringia]

13. signed

[rhett o rick]

14. Signed. Thanks for posting. nm

[Chef Eric]

15. Signed. Thanks for posting. nt

[CANDO]

17. I feel bad for the bear, but....

It has lived a long life. This is Pennsylvania...a state with a thriving black bear population. In the wild, this bear likely would've been culled by hunting a long time ago. I don't like that this bear hasn't known the wild. But it's sure lived a far longer life than most bears. Sad that it hasn't lived the life of a bear in it's natural habitat.

[BrotherIvan]

20. Maybe it would have been killed

But the owner has no right to keep it in a cage in inhumane conditions. It is animal cruelty, period.

[Bobbie Jo]

18. Signed.

Heartbreaking.

Thanks for posting.

[chervilant]

22. Signed.

Cross-posted to fb, and I agree with those herein above: the cretin who has imprisoned this bear for 18 YEARS should be disallowed from 'owning' any animals.

[Hoppy]

23. Pickets outside his ice creamery will do more good than this petition.

Fill his parking lot with cars. buy the cheapest thing on the menu and spend all day consuming it. Do this for a couple of weekends and the bear will find a new home.

[drmeow]

28. That and a boycott.

Make the owner lose money cause of the bear and make sure the owner knows that. It is the only thing someone so lacking in empathy can understand.

[midnight]

24. I hope this bear escapes into a better living environment and ASAP.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Signed with comment....

"This isn't a Gitmo detainee!"

[UtahLib]

27. Signed - such a sad situation. nt

[SMC22307]

29. Commenters at Yelp have caught on.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/jim-macks-ice-cream-york

http://jimmacksicecream.com/

That poor girl. I hope this drive to get her to a sanctuary is successful. Petition signed.

[Hoyt]

30. Done. Thanks. I used to feel so badly for bears in cages at roadside stands in Smokie

Mountains when I was a kid. Can't believe this wonderful bear has been kept like that so long. I guess he can't be returned to wild, but anything is better.

[SMC22307]

31. They're at 34,327 out of 35,000.

Won't be long...

[Number9Dream]

32. Signed

Best wishes for Ricky.

[Javaman]

33. Once upon a time....

My parents had a small cottage on a remote lake in Ontario Canada. About 15 miles away, in another small town (actually pretty microscopic: gas station and general store), next to the general store was a iron and concrete cage containing an old black bear. It had no teeth because the stupid local yokels would give it cola and marvel in their guffawed like ways at how the bear used it's front and rear paws to drink from the bottle.

As a kid I hated zoos. I'd be fascinated by the "big cats" pacing back and forth, slowly losing their minds due to confinement.

This poor black bear's only life, since being captured as a cub, was living in this 10 by 10 cage.

This all happened when I was 6. I asked my dad if we could let it out. My dad said, "well, it's a dangerous animal, we can't do that".

That bear, was about as dangerous as a new born and sadly, would have probably died if let out.

It's remarkable that this kind of animal cruelty still exists on this level.

We are shameful

[Enthusiast]

34. I signed it.

[magical thyme]

35. done.

dam i hate people sometimes.

[Arugula Latte]

36. Phone number for Jim Mack's: 717-252-2013

[WorseBeforeBetter]

37. Done! I see they have nearly 53,000 signatures.

I hope that poor bear is placed in a sanctuary ASAP.