This zoo is despicable. Help shut it down.

Save these starving sun bears from this hellish zoo!

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Started by PY Holmes Pittsburgh, PA

Dear friends, Sun bears are the smallest, most endangered, and least studied of all the bear species. But we know they shouldn't be starved and kept in filthy, overcrowded enclosures. A viral video has documented the horrible treatment of sun bears in Indonesia's Bandung Zoo. Will you sign the Care2 petition to save the bears? Care2 super activist Poh Yee Holmes was outraged when she saw the video of the clearly emaciated bears. Four sun bears are living in a small, muddy enclosure, begging tourists to feed them. One bear repetitively sways side to side, while another reportedly eats its own feces. These bears are in a horrible situation. The sun bears are only the latest victims of this despicable zoo. Yani, an endangered Sumatran elephant died crying last year, bruised and shackled in chains. In 2014, a giraffe died suddenly and was found to have 40 lbs of plastic trash in its stomach. The zoo's only veterinarian reportedly resigned over a year ago. It's time for Indonesian officials to shut down this zoo and send its animals to legitimate sanctuaries. Poh Yee has even located a sanctuary in Colorado that is able to care for the sun bears! Sign Poh Yee's petition and demand President Widodo and Environment Minister Bakar take action for these animals. To make your signature even more powerful, pledge to avoid Indonesia for any future travel plans until this zoo is shut down by adding a comment on the petition. International visitors drive a huge part of Indonesia's economy, so if we show the country's leaders this zoo is opposed around the globe, we will see action for these animals.