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Jeta's Journey to Happiness

From Four Paws
August 2023

For over 16 years Jeta was paraded around Albania’s tourist hotspots with a chain attached to a ring through her nose to control her every movement. 

dancing Bear Jeta

From being cruelly exploited as a “selfie bear” to digging her comfy dens in our care: Bear Jeta’s life turned around after we rescued and transferred her to BEAR SANCTUARY Belitsa which we run in cooperation with French Foundation Brigitte Bardot.

For over 16 years Jeta was paraded around Albania’s tourist hotspots.

She was controlled by a chain attached to a ring through her nose, each pull caused immense pain. When she was not working, she was chained in a dark shed. There, she lived a miserable life on a concrete floor.

In November 2016, everything changed for her.

Thanks to the support of kind-hearted people like you, we were able to rescue her. And today she is a whole new bear!

Her confidence grew with each day and step by step she learned how a bear life should feel like. It is your gift that makes transformations like these a reality.


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