After 10 years in a tiny cage, bears take their first steps toward freedom

Animal rescue stories restore our faith in humanity! No animal deserves to spend their life in captivity or in the hands of neglectful owners who make their days a living hell.

Misha and Dasha are two lovely bears that spent ten years of their lives caged near a restaurant in Armenia located at a river bank.

Their cage was small, with barely enough space for animals of their kind. They spent their days pacing back and forth with no room for anything else. The saddest part of all was that the cage was often flooded.

Desperate to get out of the cage, they would often bang their heads against the metal bars while tourists who were enjoying their meal watched them and didn’t do anything.

The poor animals served as tourist attractions, living in misery and desperation.

One time, when the waters from the river raised, they nearly engulfed their tiny cage. Misha and Dasha struggled to stay afloat and barely survived.

”A few years back, the river flooded, and the bears almost drowned,” said Lis Key, PR and communications manager for International Animal Rescue (IAR). ”The rescue team had to cut through the cages to release them, so they must have been trapped when the river flooded and in serious danger of drowning.”

IAR fought to rescue the bears for a long time, but they couldn’t do much because the restaurant’s owner refused to release them. Eventually, with the help of the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), they tried to convince him to set them free.

Finally, after years of abuse and neglect, Misha and Dasha were transported to a beautiful sanctuary in the mountains. They could roam free and experience the beauty of freedom.

As winter approached, the two bears settled inside a cave to hibernate, and with the spring came something extraordinary.

Dasha had given birth to two cubs.

At the time of her rescue, the rescuers were unaware that she was carrying babies.

“She received all necessary care after being rescued, enough fruits, veggies, nuts, and honey to gain weight and fat before hibernation… But nobody guessed her good appetite was a result of pregnancy,” Vicky Mkrtchyan, environmental projects coordinator for FPWC, said.

These two bears left their suffering behind and started a new life, one that they have always deserved to have.

The bear family of four is now thriving and enjoying their days in their natural habitat.

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Monica Pop
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