Hearts all over the internet are breaking for a captive polar bear living in a mall in China.
An online petition was filed back in March by non-profit group Animals Asia, appealing for a white polar bear that’s being kept in Guangzhou, China, to be freed. The makeshift zoo enclosure is also home to another polar bear, six belugas, five walrus calves and a wolf.
These animals are being locked up in the Grandview Shopping Centre in an attraction called the Grandview Aquarium for visitors to take selfies with.
The white polar bear has become the centre of the controversy, after online videos and pictures, meant to draw attention to what’s going on at the mall, went viral. The once magnificent creature is reportedly looking miserable and dejected as visitors consistently knock on its glass cage to get its attention for pictures. Read more…
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