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词条 Dancing Bears Park Belitsa
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  1. History & objective

  2. Location & size

  3. Number of bears & their origin

  4. Education & visitor service

  5. See also

  6. External links

  7. References

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The Dancing Bears Park Belitsa is a project of Four Paws near the town of Belitsa in South West Bulgaria and provides mistreated and neglected brown bears with a home.

History & objective

Since 2000, the park provides a home for brown bears that were kept in inadequate conditions, especially for those bears that have been raised and trained as dancing bears. When the sanctuary was established in 2000, there were more than 20 dancing bears in Bulgaria and Serbia. The animal welfare organisation Four Paws took measures against illegal practices, and in cooperation with French Brigitte Bardot Foundation, established the park.[1]

Location & size

Dancing Bears Park Belitsa is located in Rila Mountain at about 180 kilometers south of Sofia, 12 kilometers from town Belitsa and about 35 kilometers from Bansko. The whole area of the sanctuary comprises 120.000 square meters, divided into seven open air enclosures for the bears. The sanctuary offers dense forests and hills for roaming and seclusion, ponds for swimming and artificial dens.[2]

Number of bears & their origin

Since 2000, 31 former dancing bears from Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania, 4 bears from Bulgarian zoos and 2 young bears originating from private keeping conditions were rescued and housed in the park. In January 2019 there are 25 bears living in the several open-air enclosures of the sanctuary. The first three bears that were rescued and transferred to the park in 2000 were "Kalina", "Mariana" and "Stefan". In 2007 the last three dancing bears of Bulgaria were transferred and in 2009 the last three dancing bears from Serbia were also accommodated in the sanctuary.[3]

Education & visitor service

Dancing Bears Park Belitsa is open from April until December. The guided tours offer visitors information about the conditions in which the bears suffered before they were rescued, as well as to raise awareness about the main natural requirements of brown bear species and its conservation.[4]

See also

  • Bear Sanctuary Prishtina
  • Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr
  • Bear Sanctuary Ninh Binh
  • Bear Sanctuary Müritz

External links

  • [https://www.four-paws.org.uk/projects/bears/belitsa-sanctuary/ Four Paws: project Dancing Bears Park Belitsa]

References

1. ^[https://books.google.at/books?id=jy9ECQAAQBAJ&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=belitsa+bridget+bardot+foundation#v=onepage&q=belitsa%20bridget%20bardot%20foundation&f=false Bulgaria], Books.google.com February 10, 2019, Page 121
2. ^[https://www.four-paws.org.uk/projects/bears/belitsa-sanctuary/ Belitsa sanctuary], Four-paws.org.uk February 10, 2019
3. ^[https://www.vacationbansko.co.uk/home/belitsa-bear-sanctuary Dancing Bear Park], Vacationbansko.co.uk February 10, 2019
4. ^[https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g651677-d4609855-Reviews-Dancing_Bears_Park-Belitsa_Blagoevgrad_Province.html Dancing Bears Park], Tripadvisor.com February 10, 2019
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