The Basic Court of Pristina has acquitted the four former ministers of the Government, Thaçi 2, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Nenad Rashiq, Besim Beqa, Dardan Gashi, as well as Fllanza Hoxha and Arben Gjuka, who were accused by the Special Prosecutor’s Office of corruption in the case of known as the “The Hydropower Plant Affair”. “In accordance with […]
Bears are nobody's idea of a pet. The ferocious animal is capable of killing a human being with just one slap of his claw. However, even with all its power, it is helpless before humans and their boundless cruelty.
After war-ravaged Kosovo and Serbia in late 1990s, a strange practice took root in Kosovo.
Bears were caught, chained up and crammed in cages near eateries for people's 'entertainment'. People would heckle the caged animal, even force it to drink alcohol.
The bizarre and cruel idea of 'fun' became widespread in Kosovo.
Kosovo s abused restaurant bears move to greener pastures
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12/03/2021 - 06:20 Nearly 20 bears now live in a rolling 16-hectare (40-acre) refuge near the capital Pristina Armend NIMANI AFP 4 min
Mramor (Kosovo) (AFP)
Having only just woken up from hibernation, a brown bear named Ero lazily strolls between the trees under a snow-capped mountain in central Kosovo, enjoying life alongside his chubby partner Mira.
Yet just eight years ago, he was a so-called restaurant bear chained up in front of an eatery, forced to drink alcohol and serve as entertainment for customers in a bizarre and cruel practice that was popular in Kosovo after its late 1990s war with Serbia.