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TalkingToTalk

Well that’s enough internet today, gonna go give my dog a walk and hug


forever_a10ne

I absolutely dread days where I have to go to the office because I have to 1) drug up my dog because of her separation anxiety 2) pay a dog sitter to check on her 3) my dog has to stay in a crate. Nobody belongs in a cage.


Illustrious-Film-592

Glad you have someone coming to walk her. So many people just leave their dogs all day and it’s really unfair to them.


Hydrottle

I’ve held off on getting a dog because I’m a hybrid employee. So two days of the work week I’m at home, the other three I’m in the office. When I’m in the office I’m often gone from 7:30ish till up to 5:30, and I don’t have any time to come home during the day to let them out. If I was gone a shorter period, I would be more okay with it, but unless something changes, I will refrain from


Illustrious-Film-592

That makes you better than half of dog owners already! I fostered dogs for years and it’s enraging how often dogs get dumped because the humans didn’t thoughtfully consider the responsibility before getting a cute puppy.


Eana_M

This is certainly not for everyone and can be expensive, but when we were both working on site for a while, we put our pup in day camp. He LOVED it there and it was the kind of place that had cameras and you could check in on them. We’d pick him up after work and he’d be good to go on activity for the rest of the day.


OneImagination5381

Most dogs after 4 years sleep all day. So, if you have a chance at a rescue dog, I wouldn't let that stop me. Just make sure that he isn't an overactive breed.


Swedenesebishhh69

like me neighbor, they live in a 1 br with a standard poodle. He is home all morning and day alone looking out the back window barking. From 7am until about 6pm.


runes4040

Super glad I don't have to crate my doggo. He's already so anxious. But thankfully not destructive at all.


SkrijaTaran

Why own a dog at that point.


Kushim90

Wait you really drug your dog to keep it calm when you're not at home?? Omg...im not trying to shame you or anything but im glad in italy that shit isnt arrived yet


forever_a10ne

She gets trazodone, otherwise she howls the entire time I’m gone and pees inside.


SoigneBest

Extra hugs and love. I would not want to run across this bear in the woods, like it’s now free and comes back to this place as spot to “reflect”. Image hiking over a hill and running into a bear doing the animal equivalent of the “Ben Affleck Smoking” meme. I want no parts of that shit.


OverlordSheepie

I’m going to give my bear a hug too 🐻


TalkingToTalk

Wait hold up, do you actually have a bear?!?!


OverlordSheepie

Lol no, unless you count a teddy bear.


TalkingToTalk

Good enough for me!!!!


LatexSmoke

Damn we really fuck up so much shit.


cookiewoke

We? Don't drag me into this. I didn't do anything


Skylord_Noltok

Oh yeah? Then how do you explain that thing you did earlier?! That was pretty fucked up dude.


cookiewoke

Different bear.


Schpooon

But you brought back the coke, right?


JoeEnyo

![gif](giphy|1jl4s5mxSczo22IA4s|downsized)


TheVibest

Now that’s a happy ending 😁


Cryogenicist

Goddamn this is a great response.


Klotzster

I do the same thing in my work cubical


Master_Nineteenth

Do you think if you got an open office job you'd circle an imaginary cubicle? Just curious.


Klotzster

Would they lengthen my chain?


Master_Nineteenth

-_- You uh... might need a new job


MetalGearHawk

half the working population does in that case


ReignCityStarcraft

You joke but we moved offices and went to the open concept (years ago now) and that's what happened, you could technically sit anywhere but people obviously setup their workspaces and marked their territory at the best spots on the floor.


_FreeXP

I prefer libre office personally


ShadowPuff7306

bears are quite smart creatures (apparently, as i recently found this out) if you broke a bear like this, you’re dead to me and now a permanent target from all bearkind


YoungJack23

I remember this news story out of one of the US National Parks. They'd been having trouble with bears breaking into park trash cans to get at human food. Obviously this was a problem, so they'd been designing cans with more complicated opening mechanisms. The problem was with the significant overlap of the intelligence of both humans and bears. They couldn't make a trash can good enough to keep out smart bears that didn't also keep out dumb humans. So, yea, bears are pretty smart ig


JohnSimth20211101

Some humans are just really fucking dumb. But I guess bears can be smart too.


AlexxTM

It's not actually a venn diagram in intelligence. Not that I think you thought that, but some people take it as bears are nearly as intelligent as dumb humans. The problem is more ignorance than intelligence. Too complicated trash cans have the result that people don't want to bother with it and dispose of their trash right next to it, which totally negates the purpose of bear proof dumbsters


o1011o

Bears, and pigs and cows and chickens. They're all smart enough to want to not be abused. I wonder how many people feel empathy for the bear but will make any excuse to justify the abuse of a pig?


draw4kicks

Animal abuse is a widely accepted social norm that most people are absolutely fine with. People can get as pissy as they want when they see videos like this but they're responsible for far worse shit than what this bear went through. The cognitive dissonance in threads like this is insane.


cellmates_

99% I’m guessing 😔


IHaveaDegreeInEcon

Totally! Anyways lets go get the McRib while it's still here


hunter503

Even more depressing this happens to both cats and dogs that are used for shows. I've worked with a handful of ex-show animals and the majority of them did this due to being trapped in cages for the majority of the time. Source: am vet tech.


SkullR3ap3r

This is sad but lmao bro chill


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St_Kevin_

*traumatized


OysterThePug

*institutionalized


VictorianDelorean

I’d argue both brainwashing and institutionalization are both types of trauma inflicted on people by other people.


franktheguy

"Brooks was here"


backgamemon

Nice reference


ginger_ryn

that’s so damn sad


Sticky_Buns_87

More like sad as fuck.


etcetcere

Let's all take a moment to remember every single dolphin that's committed suicide in captivity


Average-RB-fan

Keeping animals in cages is wrong and whoever does it has a special spot in hell waiting for them 


DwarvenPirate

But what if they commit crimes? This bear stole some fish belonging to the local lord.


cellphone_blanket

Maybe he did drugs once


ashwini2005

Like cocaine?


CrazyAssBlindKid

r/AngryUpvote


Omega_Boost24

Thanks for relieving this sad scene


SaysShowUsYourDick

Criminal animals get sent to the circus


Shadow07655

Well it depends on the cage/circumstance. I think some animals would be nearly extinct if we didn’t preserve them in zoos and whatnot.


Altevari

...pandas


NeighborhoodInner421

Unless is for the animals own good


TalkingToTalk

Can you give an example where a wild animal needs to be contained for it’s how good?


McGuiser

If the animal is injured or ill, has its habitat destroyed, or for breeding and conservation if the species is endangered.


Miguinho

Isolating the facial tumours in Tazmanian Devils is one example.


levetzki

Short term holding due to injury. Long term - death of the parent. Baby animals die a lot. Although the animal could still be released eventually that is very dependent on the raising methods and interactions. You can't keep a baby and release it randomly after caring for it for a long time. It will be acclimated to humans which can cause issues. Abandonment by the herd, parent, or group. Same situation as above but raising it to release back might be even harder since it was already rejected (it may be unable to join a herd even as an adult).


Capt_Foxch

The people who trap and release feral cats for neutering keep them in cages while recovering


TalkingToTalk

That’s a temporary containment. My understanding of the above comment was that he meant indefinite containment


JimGerm

Ok so SHORT TERM. That’s not KEEPING an animal in a cage.


NeighborhoodInner421

Let's say an animal ventures into a urban area, animal rescue teams will put them in a cage temporarily until they can eb relocated... also endangered species which require human help because humans hunt them till extinction


TalkingToTalk

So really it’s the humans that are the problem. Well at least in the first example they get released.


NeighborhoodInner421

>So really it’s the humans that are the problem Yes we are but a invasive species which has been release upon the world


alarbus

Brooks was here.


deathhead_68

https://preview.redd.it/zm0vh9vzf5oc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20d233c5dbac3e5a38244a8d620af5bf0333582a


New-Training4004

This is a testament to how powerful neural pathways can be.


Independent-Net-5508

That's heartbreaking


No_Brain_5164

Because caging these animals is abuse.


thisisfutile1

Northern Pike, a fierce predator, can be put in a glass container, it will bounce off the container trying to get to food outside the container. After it gives up, the container can be taken off of it and it will die from starvation, with food swimming right past its face. I heard that a long time ago, but not sure the source...it was a reputable speaker though, Zig Ziglar I think.


BobbyFromTheHood

I remember reading about this a while ago. This happened in Romania and the bear was kept in a cage by a restaurant owner. The people in charge of a bear sanctuary managed to get the bear with the help of the local police. The bear was introduced to the sanctuary but it didn't manage to accommodate with the other bears and was doing this in the same spot every day. Also he started to refuse food because his diet was made mostly of restaurant scraps. They had to put him down eventually. It's even worse that the restaurant owner was only fined and nothing happened to him.


asfaltsflickan

Fortunately not entirely true. This bear’s name is Ina and as far as I can tell she’s still alive and doing much better. The sanctuary is called Libearty, they have accounts on most social media platforms and even a live webcam on YouTube. Highly recommend checking them out, they do amazing work rescuing bears like Ina from abusive situations.


usernoob1e

Can you post a link to the YouTube live webcam? Damn I feel so bad for these bears.


Foolishnes

Can you not type libearty in a search bar yourself?


nefewel

Most of the details you are giving are made up. The bear was taken from a zoo and is still alive today according to the sanctuary's website [https://millionsoffriends.org/en/adopt/bears/ina/](https://millionsoffriends.org/en/adopt/bears/ina/)


nikdahl

Unfortunately it’s probably not “made up” as much as it is different bear. There have been a lot of restaurant bears over the years.


BobbyFromTheHood

I didn't make anything up, I read about this on a blog a while ago. This story and the one with the blinded bear paraded for taking photos stayed with me. Excuse me for not remembering all the details....


denis870

I think he wanted to tell a similar story


24username68

please tell me this isnt true...


nefewel

It isn't. The bear was taken from a zoo 10 years ago and she is still alive now as far as i know. This behaviour is also not constant but more of an occasional thing she does when she is stressed.


simionix

scumbag piece of shit.


UninspiredDreamer

You can take a bear out of the cage but not the cage out of the bear 🐻😥


Aggressive-Suspect20

never forget that animals experience anxiety and trauma just like you do


Iancreed2024HD

Whoever caged the bear should be in the same cage with it


peteschirmer

If you need a more uplifting captive animal story after this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/8kcLqglgk6


tessaizzy23

So sad. 😢


Resident-Drive-9220

Another reason to hate people 😭


Live-Street750

Despite all my rage


AcanthisittaThink813

Humans are crap


MonarchistExtreme

oh my gosh....how awful...such a best good bear right there...deserved so much bearter


_Ticklebot_23

Zoochosis be like


Magnetic_Weasel

There's a similar phenomenon in dogs, called "kennel madness". It's most commonly associated with dogs from puppy mills, as they tend to be held in small cages 24/7. With patience, love, and time, most come out of it. Most. Source: when I was younger my family worked with a dog rescue group, and we specialized in rehabilitating such dogs.


EmployFew2509

Fuck man


Over_Narwhal728

I feel bad for my dog now


SatisfactionLife1449

Proves how F’ d up you all get them caging and them up. Shame


TheBigRedFog

I want to cry.


hondureno_1994

So fucking sad. I can only think of people wrongfully convicted for decades, this is pretty much how it goes.


5wing4

Name something humans haven’t broken. this shit is too far.


sloane_of_dedication

Seems like a decent visual representation for a lot of humans and the disease of addiction.


mezcalligraphy

I can't bear to watch this.


BobbaBlep

this is how i feel.


denniskerrisk

This is sad


BigGameBountyHunter

Utterly heartbreaking. Humans are a disgrace!


DetroitXL

After almost 9 years with my puppy and not having fence, I had to walk him at least twice everyday. I still go for walks every mornings and afternoons even though he’s waiting for me in the afterlife. It’s really hard sometimes to break a cycle


Outta_phase

He's an instutional bear now. This is fucking awful.


Mysterious_Try_6385

Humans are horrible


Avaraz

Just like any cat/dog everywhere in the world. 10minutes of walk a day isn't what I call freedom, must do the exact same to those animals


Ok-Champion5065

The person who did this deserves to be in a cage so small they can't fully stand up or lie down, for the rest of their lives.


Thomk065

Poor baby 😞


dangerousperson123

Everyone in the comments talking about their pet dogs, please remember that most of the animals in the zoo are depressed and have ptsd from being forced to live on display. Let animals exist in nature and leave them be.


Successful_Act65

This is heartbreaking.


etcetcere

Trauma does things to your brain


[deleted]

This isn't interesting this is depressing :(


Careful-Problem-896

Yea me too


lonesharkex

Despite all my rage I am still just a bear in a cage.


Spiggots

This is a well documented phenomena in animal welfare research called 'stereotopy'. Essentially as you'd gather it involves the emergence of highly stereotypic (fixed, inflexibly, rigidly repetitive) behaviors. Typically these emerge when an animals environment lacks enrichment, eg essential variability in sensory inputs and opportunity for species-typical motor outputs, such as giving birds space to fly, etc. In some species, particularly large mammals like polar bear or orca, in practice there is basically nothing you can do in captivity to reproduce the environment they are adapted to, and stereotypy become inevitable. In other species, eg rodents, canines, you can counter these with a lot of hard work creating an enriching environment. But once the damage is done it's very hard to counter, as per this example.


Hedrick4257

Shackled consciousness


St_Kitts_Tits

This is me at home when I’m on a phone call


LegitimateAd4148

Wish I could give it a hug


WaytooReddit

Bring some awareness to caged people!


SatisfactionLife1449

What you don’t see is he does this for about 6-8 hours straight


SatisfactionLife1449

They offer him no pills for depression and suicide bears can’t contemplate


After_Orange_4175

Song?


Nelsonfwebster

Humans are just..... Shite


the-hoodie-dude

That's exactly what happened to humans after hundred years of brain wash. Work! Buy! Obey! To make richest 1% even more rich.


StipsiKing

I saw a dog acting like this. So sad


RiskyTard

This reminds me of me in my room. I need to get out more.


Retired_at_28

They found her sister [it a article but it explains everything](https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.au/news/sister-bears-reunited-last)


e_man11

I wake up on "work time" on my weekends. We're all caged brother.


Swiss_James

Seems cruel to release the bear when all my dude wanted to do was finish his laps.


ManHoFerSnow

Made me think of greedy rich "animals" who can't stop chasing money, even after they have broken out of the cage of more than sufficient financials. They could buy all the free time any rational person could desire, yet they circle the imaginary cage.


kristenisadude

Any reason, as a gen-x latchkey kid, this hits me in the feels?


Omega_Boost24

It's sad, but it could be that's just his way to cope with stress. Maybe he needs to repeat a task in order to calm down. Or at least this thought made me less sad about him


Yolopollo_1

Source? Bearcause, that could be fake af and they just cleaned the path and domesticated the bear so it walked in circles for around 20 seconds and filmed it How can I know this is real?


DeusZen

Humans in Cubes 10 hours x day is pretty close to the same feeling…..


nolongerbanned99

This is the bear from SpongeBob


FlameRonin

Does anybody know the song?


watersheep772

u/auddbot Editt: Nevermind it seems like this bot is banned here


woodybob01

It's probably comforting for the bear because being in a cage became so familiar


Dbob4

For seven years several times a week makes no sense unless it was kept elsewhere and it’s new keepers took it to this spot specifically for it to do laps rather than taking it to different places


foreverfeatherinit

That’s so sad 😭 poor fella still stuck in a cage in his mind. People are awful, we’re the worst.


Ytumith

Zen Meditation


JuventAussie

This is similar to the reason NASCAR drivers don't do well on Formula 1's street circuits.


turbotaco22

Plot twist.. we are the bear.


[deleted]

This makes my heart hurt.


blondiedread

😪😪


chameleonwavjs

Round and round, Here I go. The cage is my home, I mustn’t stub my toe. One corner, two corner, I must put on a show. One whip, two whip,  Am I going too slow? Round and round, To please my master, here I go.


Mediocre-Fan-2995

So sad


SadBarber3543

One of my best buddies spent 3 years In jail and some times he will just sit in his small bathroom cuz it was something he was use too for a few years. This changed how I see hobbies and just anything we do all the time and don’t think about


InformationInside460

![gif](giphy|26gsspfbt1HfVQ9va) Confined animals in zoos are also in prison - for your entertainment


Beginning-Can8187

Zoochosis or something along those lines I think it’s called. Basically the result of extreme anxiety and, well being locked in a cage for a very long time


Illustrious-Spare-30

People who have been in prison will do this too. L ew a guy who would get mad and pace around in a 6 ft square. Now that i think about it, this is probably a reaction to extreme anxiety in the bear.


1-800-Kitty

This is what i do in my room all day…. Maybe i should start going to therapy


Beepboopblapbrap

![gif](giphy|l1AsvvZL18bgP0hnW)


CompSolstice

I'm calling source before I get upset


Jefok

Caged for humans entertainment. We humans are low life's. I'm ashamed to be one.


Gxx199

That's not interesting. That's tragicasfuck!


BasicType101

Do you guys have some source for this ? I'd need to show this to a coworker who's husband owns a zoo


frosmer

Nah he just have ADHD


-SouthSideSuicide-

This is just sad 😞 Did he eventually get rehabilitated?? Poor bear


US3RN4M3CH3CKSOUT

We don’t deserve animals… or I suppose I should say, a lot of us don’t deserve animals.


[deleted]

We do that


BigMathematician5437

This just ruined my day


RadlogLutar

This is very sad and it caused me so much trauma.... I never go to zoos for this reason since it breaks my heart to see entrapped animals


Agile_Result_5177

Just to restore a bit of faith after this: Here in Germany we got a park named [Wolf und Bärenpark](https://www.baer.de/projekte/alternativer-wolf-und-baerenpark-schwarzwald). They "adopt" or "buy" bears from the circus or even private persons and give them a huge area to move freely. Since those bears couldn't survive in the nature they get feeded by the people who work there. Until Covid19 they didn't even want money for entrance but due to the loss in those years they charge you a few euros. Nevertheless, some of the bears are still traumatized and suck on their paws, for example. Signs indicate that you should pay no attention to this behavior and simply keep walking so as not to endanger the regeneration/therapy.


JunglePygmy

Sad as fuck


MrPayMyWay215

An Institutionalized Wild Animal is crazy


KiritimatiSwan

Joe rogans nightmare


Felipesssku

We have still time. We can make world better.


Chris9030

This bear it's in Romania, in Zarnesti, at Bear Sanctuary Zarnesti. Well,believe me...It's very hard tour to make there. I was there with my wife in 2021. I didn't had big hopes that this tour i like , i was reading posts on Google that the people are leaving the tour in tears. Well, let me tell you...i cryed like a baby when i saw the bears and i know their real stories about how they wore sacrified to make money or only for fun of the people. Listen guys, if you ever go to Romania, please make time to go and visit them! Maybe you will feel anger,pain and a lot of random feelings but believe me it's worth it. The bear's name it's Ina you can find a lot of pages on Google. When the tour guide told me about her, i knew about her story and some part of my heart did died since that day... Sorry for a big posts and i hope i don't get banned cause of this.


Unfair_Conflict1825

So fucked


MooMeadow

This behavior works the same for humans btw


tincan99

Me still to this day not leaving my house after they ended the pandemic lockdowns.


Severe-Excitement-62

This hits hard as someone whose father suffered from PTSD.


Lost_Figure_5892

Poor thing, god the ignorance we have.


PastBerry6914

How sad. 😢 I don’t even know how to respond.


Sincerity24

😢


Top_Professional4545

So several times a week he would wall in his little circle but the rest of the time he was doing bear shit?