TYRE (Lebanon): Members of Four Paws, an animal welfare organisation, and Animals Lebanon, an NGO, carry a Syrian brown bear for transfer to the United States. AFP
BEIRUT: Two endangered Syrian brown bears were headed to a new life in the United States on Sunday after being rescued from cramped conditions in a Lebanese zoo, two charities said.
Homer and Ulysses, each aged 18 and weighing 130 kilos, had been living in a zoo near the southern city of Tyre, animal rights association Animals Lebanon said.
They were freed “after convincing the zoo owner that they deserve better than the small cement cages they were kept in for over 10 years,” it said in a statement.
Two Bears Head For US From Crisis-Hit Lebanon
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