Bob Barker here on behalf of PETA.
In Cherokee, North Carolina, bears languish in these desolate concrete pits.
I've been to Cherokee, and I've seen the suffering with my own eyes.
Now, a PETA undercover investigation of Chief Saunooke Bear Park
shows how desperately these bears need our help.
With little to do but beg for stale bread in terribly unnatural conditions,
these bored and frustrated bears turn endlessly in circles.
This bear, named Asia, routinely rocks back and forth, back and forth,
a sign of profound deprivation and stress.
Bears bite the metal bars in pits, and that breaks their teeth,
which is painful and can cause bone infections.
Bears have a remarkably well-developed sense of smell,
yet workers leave the bears trapped in pits amid their own waste all day long.
They attempt to hide the odor artificially.
Even though a worker says that bread causes bears to have loose stools,
the park keeps feeding it to them.
Here, a manager describes how park workers denied bears food.
And here, the park's bear handler explains what happened to one bear who attacked.
Listen to what workers have to say about Native Americans, who own the park land.
Here, the manager admits that he gets high at the park.
And here, the bear handler discusses a United States Department of Agriculture inspector.
These bears have for years been deprived of all that is natural and important to them.
They deserve to feel grass beneath their paws,
to eat nutritious and tasty food,
and sleep on hay at night, not concrete.
It's time for them to be allowed to live like bears,
to forage and explore acres of land.
Please join me today in getting these bears to a safe sanctuary,
where they'll be allowed to live as bears are meant to live.
To learn more, visit PETA.org.
Thank you.