Fifi – Rescued Bear’s Shocking Transformation

More than 30 years ago, a bear cub named Fifi arrived at a Pennsylvania roadside zoo. For years, she and other bears were forced to perform confusing tricks, like standing on their hind legs. After the roadside zoo closed its doors more than 20 years ago, she languished inside a tiny, rusted cage that contained nothing more than a dilapidated doghouse for shelter. She was thin, her coat was dull and dirty, and she suffered from painful, untreated arthritis. Every step was a struggle. In July 2015, PETA and The Wild Animal Sanctuary rescued her. She was transported to the Colorado facility, where she finally received the care and enjoyed the vast habitat that she deserved. After just five months at the sanctuary, Fifi’s body finally matches her big and beautiful personality. She is healthy, her coat is full, and her legs are getting stronger every day.

What You Can Do

Never visit a roadside zoo or pseudo-sanctuary. Ticket sales fund cruelty, and no visit is worth the lifetime of suffering that animals endure when they’re stripped of their dignity and everything that’s natural and important to them. Use this opportunity to explain to your friends and family why animals don’t belong in captivity and why you don’t support cruelty—and to help more bears enjoy the same happy fate as Fifi, please urge the owner of the Three Bears General Store to send the four bears held captive in a concrete pit there to a sanctuary.