They would frequently slam their heads into the enclosure or climb the bars — anything to give a little pleasure into their lives.
To compound the situation, the enclosure was found right on a riverbank and frequently overwhelmed their section.
Once, the water ascended so high the unfortunate bears practically suffocated.
“A couple of years back, the stream overwhelmed and the bears practically suffocated,” Lis Key, PR and interchanges director for Global Creature Salvage, told The Dodo.
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