It’s a big day for the Sanctuary’s best known resident – Max.
For years, Max was kept chained to a railing near a restaurant for tourists to take photographs. Max cannot be out there in the forest enclosures with the rest of the bears because he is blind. A crack ophthalmology veterinary team from the UK have been flown out by WSPA to see if they can help. Their challenge is to get Max out under the sky in a natural forest environment and make sure that he is healthy enough to be let out of quarantine.
If you can't wait until tonight to see what happens to Max, then you can view a news story from the WSPA UK website here
Like Max, the sanctuary has had to overcome considerable challenges. Its mission has always been to free all the captive bears in Romania. And, in just over a year, already more than half the caged bears in the country are free in the forest enclosures. It’s an enormous achievement that WSPA and I, and all of the sanctuary staff are very proud of.
i`m donating to WSPA and i wish that more of you do that
Posted by: george | 15/02/2009 at 12:39 PM
We have not been able to watch your wonderful programme because we only have terrestrial TV. Is there any chance that this programme will be shown on our TV?
If not, can we obtain DVD copies of it inthe UK?
Also, I have been very disturbed by watching our Zoo Days programme and finding out that Chester Zoo have put down Strolch the spectacled bear because he was goingblind with cataracts that an operation failed to correct. What are your views on this?
Heres hoping we can see your programme soon and thank you so much for the work you do.
Posted by: Janet | 05/12/2008 at 03:29 PM