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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 08:52 PM

Star Member Omaha Steve (77,812 posts)

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


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.

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Reply Free Bear Caged at Ice Cream Parlor in York, PA for 18 Years E action! (link fixed!) (Original post)
 Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP
LineReply Your link is to an Eric Garner petition,
 SamKnause Jan 2015 #1
LineLineReply Link
 Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #2
LineLineLineReply Thank you.
 SamKnause Jan 2015 #6
LineLineReply Here is the correct link:
 NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #3
LineLineLineReply Thank you.
 SamKnause Jan 2015 #7
LineLineLineReply Done. Breaks my heart.
 840high Jan 2015 #26
LineLineReply Thanks
 Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #4
LineLineLineReply You are welcome.
 SamKnause Jan 2015 #8
LineReply Signed & shared!
 silverweb Jan 2015 #5
LineReply K&R
 SamKnause Jan 2015 #9
LineReply K&R signed and shared nt
 LiberalElite Jan 2015 #10
LineReply Signed!
 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #11
LineLineReply Same thing I was thinking
 Boreal Jan 2015 #16
LineLineLineReply Sometimes when the owner knows there is publicity, they set ridiculous prices
 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #19
LineLineLineLineReply These are the kinds of things
 Boreal Jan 2015 #21
LineReply 18 years? Poor thing.
 AtomicKitten Jan 2015 #12
LineReply signed
 Beringia Jan 2015 #13
LineReply Signed. Thanks for posting. nm
 rhett o rick Jan 2015 #14
LineReply Signed. Thanks for posting. nt
 Chef Eric Jan 2015 #15
LineReply I feel bad for the bear, but....
 CANDO Jan 2015 #17
LineLineReply Maybe it would have been killed
 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #20
LineReply Signed.
 Bobbie Jo Jan 2015 #18
LineReply Signed.
 chervilant Jan 2015 #22
LineReply Pickets outside his ice creamery will do more good than this petition.
 Hoppy Jan 2015 #23
LineLineNew Reply That and a boycott.
 drmeow Jan 2015 #28
LineReply I hope this bear escapes into a better living environment and ASAP.
 midnight Jan 2015 #24
LineReply Signed with comment....
 Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #25
LineReply Signed - such a sad situation. nt
 UtahLib Jan 2015 #27
LineNew Reply Commenters at Yelp have caught on.
 SMC22307 Jan 2015 #29
LineNew Reply Done. Thanks. I used to feel so badly for bears in cages at roadside stands in Smokie
 Hoyt Jan 2015 #30
LineNew Reply They're at 34,327 out of 35,000.
 SMC22307 Jan 2015 #31
LineNew Reply Signed
 Number9Dream Jan 2015 #32
LineNew Reply Once upon a time....
 Javaman Jan 2015 #33
LineNew Reply I signed it.
 Enthusiast Jan 2015 #34
LineNew Reply done.
 magical thyme Jan 2015 #35
LineNew Reply Phone number for Jim Mack's: 717-252-2013
 Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #36
LineNew Reply Done! I see they have nearly 53,000 signatures.
 WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2015 #37

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:02 PM

Star Member SamKnause (12,117 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:10 PM

Star Member SamKnause (12,117 posts)

6. Thank you.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:11 PM

Star Member SamKnause (12,117 posts)

7. Thank you.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:16 AM

840high (17,196 posts)

26. Done. Breaks my heart.

 

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:09 PM

Star Member Omaha Steve (77,812 posts)

4. Thanks


Fixed.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:12 PM

Star Member SamKnause (12,117 posts)

8. You are welcome.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:09 PM

Star Member silverweb (16,350 posts)

5. Signed & shared!

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:13 PM

Star Member SamKnause (12,117 posts)

9. K&R

Done.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 09:21 PM

LiberalElite (14,691 posts)

10. K&R signed and shared nt

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:36 PM

BrotherIvan (9,126 posts)

11. Signed!

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

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Response to BrotherIvan (Reply #11)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:07 PM

Boreal (725 posts)

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!!!

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Response to Boreal (Reply #16)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:18 PM

BrotherIvan (9,126 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:33 PM

Boreal (725 posts)

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.

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:50 PM

AtomicKitten (46,585 posts)

12. 18 years? Poor thing.

 

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

k and r

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:50 PM

Star Member Beringia (3,813 posts)

13. signed

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:55 PM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

14. Signed. Thanks for posting. nm

 

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:58 PM

Chef Eric (1,024 posts)

15. Signed. Thanks for posting. nt

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:08 PM

CANDO (2,068 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:19 PM

BrotherIvan (9,126 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:13 PM

Bobbie Jo (14,341 posts)

18. Signed.

Heartbreaking.

Thanks for posting.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:41 PM

chervilant (8,267 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:51 PM

Hoppy (3,595 posts)

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.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:27 AM

Star Member drmeow (3,884 posts)

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.

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Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:51 PM

midnight (26,624 posts)

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

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:03 AM

Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)

25. Signed with comment....

 

"This isn't a Gitmo detainee!"

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:20 AM

UtahLib (3,157 posts)

27. Signed - such a sad situation. nt

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 01:30 AM

Star Member SMC22307 (7,178 posts)

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.


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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 01:32 AM

Star Member Hoyt (47,392 posts)

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.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 02:18 AM

Star Member SMC22307 (7,178 posts)

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

Won't be long...

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 08:57 AM

Number9Dream (1,421 posts)

32. Signed

Best wishes for Ricky.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 09:10 AM

Star Member Javaman (56,566 posts)

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

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 09:55 AM

Enthusiast (50,983 posts)

34. I signed it.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:01 PM

magical thyme (14,881 posts)

35. done.

 

dam i hate people sometimes.

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 12:06 PM

Arugula Latte (50,566 posts)

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

 

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:12 PM

WorseBeforeBetter (11,441 posts)

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

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

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