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(Hürriyet Daily News website, 14 May 2021)
Happy to have hung up his dancing shoes.
Within the scope of the “Freedom to Bears” project initiated
has survived to this day.
Established in 1994 in Karacabey district of Bursa, the
Ovakorusu Bear Shelter and Rehabilitation Center is home to a
total of 72 bears. Bear dancing is an old tradition and has a
brutal and painful “training” process. Captured at a very young
age, these bears are forced to walk on fire and made to learn
dancing by abuse. Until the establishment of the shelter, these
bears were tortured to dance on the streets. But they are now
being protected in the shelter.
The youngest bear in the shelter is 4 months old, and the
37-year-old Brütüs is the oldest bear living in the shelter. While
63 of the 64 dancer bears brought in within the scope of the project
since the establishment of the shelter died due to natural causes,
Brütüs is the only one who survived. He is cared for by his caregivers
with a special nutrition program.
"These paparazzi are worse than hunters!"
Speaking about the activities of the shelter and the situation of the
bear, Ovakorusu Bear Shelter Chief Azizcan Sezer said: “The shelter
started its activities in 1996. Our oldest bear is Brütüs, who is 37
years old. He has been staying here since the shelter’s establishment.
His health is fine, but his movements have slowed down a little more
compared to other bears because of his old age.”
“Brütüs is under a special care program applied by our caregivers.
As the only dancer bear in the shelter, he is very special to us.
Dancer bears are looked after by people in unfavorable conditions
and poorly trained in those environments. Brutus lived his life
happily with animals of his own kind during his 25-year stay here.
He is given special foods that bear eat in nature. He especially likes
swimming in the pool,” Sezer added.
Ovakorusu Bear Preserve is about where the
"M" is in "Mudanya".
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