Bears belong in nature, not in a circus. Bears don’t ride bicycles, do handstands, or balance on balls in nature. Yet Castle’s Bears dresses bear sisters Nanook and Tutter in ridiculous costumes, muzzles them, yanks them around on leashes, and forces them to perform demeaning and possibly painful tricks for many Shrine circuses.

An expert who observed Castle’s Bears noted that the bears were managed through “fear, coercion, and punishment”; weren’t provided with proper care and welfare; and suffered from ongoing physical and psychological trauma.

They were abused by their owners when they refused to do the act. The act that nature did not teach them, the act that humans forced upon them. Continue to fight for their rights, and lets try to make sure they get back to their natural habitat and home.

Email the owners of Castle’s Bears, James and Tepa Hall, at tepahall@aol.com and tell them to stop forcing bears to perform confusing tricks and retire them to reputable sanctuaries where they can have the opportunity to roam, swim, and forage.