Pedals the bear needs our help!  Walking on hind legs for over a year due to injury, Pedals has the chance to be relocated to a New York facility, Orphaned Wildlife Center, for medical treatment and rehabilitation.  The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is dragging its feet with a decision to let Pedals go.  The enclosure needed to house Pedals has been fully funded with public funds.

Quotes taken from a news article by radio station NJ 101.5 say:

And most recently, fearing Pedals won’t make it through another winter, Sabrina Walsh Pugsley started a successful fundraiser to collect enough money to have Pedals moved to a specialized enclosure Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville. Pedals would have enough room to move around, and could interact with other bears through a fence without being at risk from others in better condition.

Kerry Clair of the Orphaned Wildlife Center said all of the $17,000 raised will be returned to donors if her group and the DEP can’t come to terms on relocating Pedals — but she hopes it doesn’t come to that.

“For us, it’s kind of shocking,” she said. “He’s underweight, and going into winter, he should be what’s considered overweight. He’s wandering around people’s towns, communities, yards. … That alone says he needs some kind of intervention. Bears will not normally be in communities like that if they’re fine.”

Read More: Is NJ bear that walks like a human safe in the wild? Officials, neighbors at odds | http://nj1015.com/is-nj-bear-that-walks-like-a-human-safe-in-the-wild-officials-neighbors-at-odds/?trackback=tsmclip

Please sign this petition and share among  your friends!  There is no reason to let this animal continue without medical treatment and the possibility of not making through the coming winter.