For immediate release:
January 27, 2022
Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
Tawas, City, Mi. – Today, PETA released this brand new video about black bear Dolly and a family of three foxes whose lives have all been transformed since PETA and Wildlife Sanctuary (TWAS) rescued them from the Sunrise Side Nature Trail and Park Exotic in Tawas City in September.
Dolly spent 21 years at Sunrise Side, limited to a chain-link pen—but at TWAS in Colorado, she enjoys a large pond to swim in and acres of soft ground to roam and dig in. When she comes out of hibernation in the spring, she will meet new bear companions who share her habitat. Meanwhile, the foxes – a mother, father and son living in a barren barn on the Sunrise Side – are thriving at TWAS, with tall lawns for them to hide in and plenty of space for they play.
“At the Wildlife Sanctuary, Dolly and her fox neighbors receive expert care and are able to race across the lawn, which they were denied at the roadside zoo. ,” said PETA Deputy General Counsel for Captivity Law Enforcement Brittany Peet. “PETA hopes their story inspires people to take action because other wildlife species are still exploited in sleazy tourist traps.”
Dolly’s and the foxes were rescued after the United States Department of Agriculture confiscated Grizzy, a bear with a rotting wound on his forehead that had not been treated, from the Sunrise Side. PETA then negotiated an agreement with the owners of the operation for them to release Dolly and the foxes and never again own wild or exotic animals.
More information about Sunrise Side is available here.
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