- Signatures: 3,220
- Goal: 8,000
- Deadline: 2-24-2003
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In India, young Sloth cubs are taken from their mothers and their front teeth are removed. They are forced to dance and they are malnourished because of their missing teeth.
Please, Please sign.
WE MUST STOP THE CRUELTY TO THESE BEARS!
| Number | Date | Name | City | State | Country | Why do you want to sign? | Do you have another Dancing Bears petition? | Any additional comments? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,224 | 5:38 pm PST, Nov 21 | marnie fulmer | Edson | Canada | animal cruelty is NOT entertainment | |||
| 3,223 | 12:56 pm PST, Nov 13 | Kyle Athayde | New York | New York | United States | This is cruel and must stop. These people who "train" the bears clearly have nothing better to do and need to be helped to get a decent jobs. Save the bears! | ||
| 3,222 | 2:07 am PST, Nov 4 | Sharon Turner | Johnstone | United Kingdom | It is totally digusting that people pay to see this sort of abuse being done to these poor animals!!!! | |||
| 3,221 | 12:49 pm PDT, Oct 26 | colette mallinson | london | United Kingdom | this is truely a disgusting evil and shameful case of entertainment why would you cause so much pain and injury to a animal, these people make me sick and they must be stopped!! i dont care what happens there is no excuse to harm a animal at all no matter what!!! and people who pay to watch this entertainment are sick people who need to suffer the same as what these bears have done! | |||
| 3,220 | 12:47 am PDT, Oct 11 | Tina Thompson | Auckland | New Zealand | This is cruel & discusting form of entertainment.Shame on those who pay money for this type of amusment its sick. | no but im going to look for more & sign. | ||
| 3,219 | 11:43 am PDT, Oct 2 | Maisie Jordan | Coventry | United Kingdom | ||||
| 3,218 | 7:01 pm PDT, Oct 1 | Claudia D'Arcy | Eureka | California | United States | |||
| 3,217 | 12:05 pm PDT, Oct 1 | jb gt | ewdfyew8fy | Illinois | Uzbekistan | cus its wrong | no | Its just plain wrong. stop it people STOP IT!!!!!!! |
| 3,216 | 10:00 am PDT, Sep 30 | natalie mills | bishops stortford | United Kingdom | Because i cant believe that there are people in this world that can be so cruel to an animal!! Its a disgrace that we allow this to happen and the quicker we get this stamped out the better!!! | |||
| 3,215 | 8:44 am PDT, Sep 30 | jean brett | bishop's stortford | United Kingdom | Because this cruelty is outrageous and needs to be stopped. No animal should be treated in such a way. | no | ||
| 3,214 | 4:18 pm PDT, Sep 29 | Elaine Mills | London | United Kingdom | ||||
| 3,213 | 1:38 pm PDT, Aug 26 | Carolina Devia | New York | New York | United States | I care about animals, I love them, respect them and I am against their suffering and people's indiference. | Free the dancing bears! learn a skill and make a living without involving innovent bears, they are unique, intelligent, sensitive and necessary for nature to function. | |
| 3,212 | 8:48 am PDT, Aug 11 | Amanda Greenwood | Newcastle | Australia | ||||
| 3,211 | 5:14 pm PDT, Aug 9 | ALYSON CROMPTON | DONCASTER | United Kingdom | TO STOP CRUELTY TO THE BEARS WHO DESERVE TO BEALLOWED TO BE IN THE WILD | |||
| 3,210 | 5:54 am PDT, Aug 6 | Natalie Spink | wakefield | United Kingdom | i think bear dancing is cruel and unfair. | no | ||
| 3,209 | 1:52 pm PDT, Jul 29 | John Peterson | Mcminnville | Oregon | United States | |||
| 3,208 | 2:40 am PDT, Jul 29 | sue currie | Kent | United Kingdom | ||||
| 3,207 | 3:47 pm PDT, Jul 24 | Pamela White | Beaufort | North Carolina | United States | |||
| 3,206 | 12:00 pm PDT, Jul 24 | Boban Marinkovic | Nis | Serbia And Montenegro | ||||
| 3,205 | 9:14 am PDT, Jul 24 | Marla De Vries | Eibergen | Netherlands | ||||
| 3,204 | 8:58 pm PDT, Jul 23 | Laura - Elena Doltu | Bucharest | Romania | ||||
| 3,203 | 5:38 am PDT, Jul 23 | Gabriela V | Bucuresti | Romania | ||||
| 3,202 | 8:42 am PDT, Jul 22 | Anonymous | Columbus | Ohio | United States | |||
| 3,201 | 3:29 am PDT, Jul 22 | Ana Platon | Bucuresti | Romania | ||||
| 3,200 | 12:08 am PDT, Jul 22 | Marena Chen | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | ||||
| 3,199 | 7:45 pm PDT, Jul 20 | Patricia Nigro | Deltona | Florida | United States | |||
| 3,198 | 2:52 pm PDT, Jul 20 | greta malkotzoglou | Athens | Greece | ||||
| 3,197 | 5:17 am PDT, Jul 10 | Maxime GUILLAUME | Cancale | France | ||||
| 3,196 | 8:25 am PDT, Jul 8 | TINA JONES | Sacramento | California | United States | |||
| 3,195 | 6:21 pm PDT, Jul 6 | Jacquie Schell | Casuarina | Australia | It is not the right of humans to force (usually via brutal means) animals to perform for us. This is completely unnecessary. | |||
| 3,194 | 9:28 am PDT, Jul 6 | Nicole Perrot | Los Angeles | California | United States | |||
| 3,193 | 11:07 am PDT, Jul 5 | Angela Rhodes | Petra | Greece | IT IS SUCH HORRIFIC ABUSE AND TORTURE THESE BEARS LIVE THROUGH IT IS INHUMANE. THIS MUST BE BANNED, NO EXCUSES, BANNED FULL STOP. | NO | IF PEOPLE WOULD STOP WATCHING THIS CRUELTY THEY WOULD STOP USING THE BEARS. THE APATHETIC PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME ALSO FOR THE BEARS TORTURE. | |
| 3,192 | 5:22 am PDT, Jul 1 | Anna Hickl | Duisburg | Germany | ||||
| 3,191 | 4:22 pm PDT, Jun 26 | Lisa Spence | Dumfries | United Kingdom | ||||
| 3,190 | 8:31 am PDT, Jun 26 | karen wood | Waikiki | Australia | ||||
| 3,189 | 4:13 pm PDT, Jun 22 | Anonymous | 8768 Cahase Drive PSNS | Colorado | United States | Because of a youtube video, I saw the trouble that was happening concerning these bears and so I looked around for something I could do to help. This is the first thing I'll do, I guess | nope. | I hope this is stopped. It is plain idiocy, no living thing deserves this. |
| 3,188 | 7:48 am PDT, Jun 20 | K. Salierno | Cedar Grove | New Jersey | United States | |||
| 3,187 | 2:39 pm PDT, Jun 19 | Anonymous | las vegas | Nevada | United States | ANIMAL SOULS ARE DYING EVERY 2 SECONDS BECAUSE OF OUR FLESH EATING WAYS THAT REALLY DONT NEED TO BE ~PLEASE HELP AND DONT SUPPORT THE KILLING OF ANIMALS FOR ANY REASON | NO | HELP THIS WORLD~*! |
| 3,186 | 8:30 am PDT, Jun 12 | Jennifer Honickman | Huntington Station | New York | United States | Stop abusing and torturing bears for a few dollars. There are better, kinder ways to earn money. Anyone who does this should try the rope through their own nose first and see how it feels. | ||
| 3,185 | 5:43 pm PDT, Jun 3 | Robert E. Fauver | Moorestown | New Jersey | United States | This cruel and stupid entertainment. | No | Could you please put the ropes around your wife's nose ring and see how she likes it? |
| 3,184 | 7:43 pm PDT, May 21 | Diana Dayton | Campbell River | Canada | Because I want to help stop ALL animal cruelty around the world. Animals deserve kindness in every way. | |||
| 3,183 | 11:51 am PDT, May 20 | Heather Hayes | Bangor | United Kingdom | I am against cruelty to animals/people in any shape or form. The way these bears are treated is inhuman and makes us less than the creatures we tortue. We should be ashamed. | |||
| 3,182 | 1:14 pm PDT, May 16 | Tierschuetzern Katerini | Katerini | Greece | ||||
| 3,181 | 11:12 am PDT, May 13 | Srishti Kapoor | Mumbai | India | ||||
| 3,180 | 3:23 am PDT, May 5 | Anonymous | QLD | Australia | This is absolutely heart wrenching, this is just wrong!!! | |||
| 3,179 | 2:32 pm PDT, May 1 | ana maria carvalho | Guaratinguetį | Brazil | ||||
| 3,178 | 4:05 pm PDT, Apr 30 | PEGGY FALK | victor | Montana | United States | This is absolutely trajic, what they are and have been subjecting the sloth bear to. I am disgusted | ||
| 3,177 | 11:04 pm PDT, Apr 28 | tabitha miller | San Antonio | Texas | United States | |||
| 3,176 | 7:29 pm PDT, Apr 22 | Anonymous | Terrace | Canada | Because teaching Bears to Dance is just wrong. They should be free, not...Dancing. | Please, try and free the bears, they shouldn't be Dancing. | ||
| 3,175 | 5:26 am PDT, Apr 22 | Kenneth Lapointe | Ottawa | Canada | ||||
| 3,174 | 2:31 pm PDT, Apr 21 | Pam Porter | Colbert | Oklahoma | United States | |||
| 3,173 | 11:43 am PDT, Apr 21 | JAMES SULLIVAN | Chicago | Illinois | United States | |||
| 3,172 | 9:16 am PDT, Apr 17 | Elena Gageanu | Pitesti | Romania | ||||
| 3,171 | 10:14 am PDT, Apr 6 | Elena Lin | Singapore | Singapore | ||||
| 3,170 | 3:18 am PDT, Apr 6 | Marta Wojcikowska | Lodz | Poland | ||||
| 3,169 | 1:06 pm PDT, Apr 4 | Roberto Angarita Vargas | Bogotį D. C, | Colombia | ||||
| 3,168 | 5:08 am PDT, Apr 3 | Laura Filipas | Bucharest | Romania | ||||
| 3,167 | 6:49 pm PDT, Apr 2 | Linda Mira-bateman | Daylesford | Australia | The government needs to immediately outlaw this activity so it is not seen as a legitimate means of earning an income. This is terrible and from the country of Ghandi - please show the world that India will take a stand against animals cruelty and is indeed an advanced nation. | |||
| 3,166 | 12:56 pm PDT, Mar 30 | Elise Chaney | Lompoc | California | United States | This practice/entertainment should have been banned long ago. | I have signed 2 petitions now to stop this crulity | |
| 3,165 | 11:57 am PDT, Mar 30 | Emma Mckerry | Alexandria | United Kingdom | ||||
| 3,164 | 7:49 am PDT, Mar 30 | beatrice DUPONT | France | France | ||||
| 3,163 | 5:13 am PDT, Mar 29 | Katrina Mayuga | Paranaque | Philippines | ||||
| 3,162 | 6:48 am PDT, Mar 25 | vicki moody | lesmurdie | Australia | because im doing a speech on these beautiful creatures and i beleive they deserve better | no sorry | im getting my whole class to sign 30 more signatures :D | |
| 3,161 | 10:40 pm PDT, Mar 13 | Rajshree B | Mahebourg | Mauritius | ||||
| 3,160 | 2:24 pm PDT, Mar 13 | Donna Smith | Wilm | North Carolina | United States | |||
| 3,159 | 11:57 am PDT, Mar 13 | Afra L. | Oshawa | Canada | ||||
| 3,158 | 4:35 am PST, Mar 7 | Hilde Broeckx | Ternat | Belgium | Stop this medieval way of treating animals! | |||
| 3,157 | 9:26 pm PST, Mar 3 | Glenda Parker | Gorokan | Australia | ||||
| 3,156 | 5:03 pm PST, Mar 2 | RIVER FRANCE | Guelph | Canada | ||||
| 3,155 | 7:07 pm PST, Feb 22 | Suzanne Hart | Havelock | Canada | Because this is wrong and has to stop. | No why? | This is cruel and inhumane. "Chains and cages not only imprison the body of an animal. They also torment their spirit" S.H. | |
| 3,154 | 7:30 am PST, Feb 22 | John Teevan | Chula Vista | California | United States | |||
| 3,153 | 7:43 pm PST, Feb 21 | Oshadie Korale | Boonlay | Singapore | because we don't decide what wild animals should do. they should be in wild not in captivity | please stop this cruel act. there not born to dance. there not for our entertainment. pelease they have feeling there born wild let them be in wild. nd by the way do you know how pain full it is to pull out your tooth? | ||
| 3,152 | 2:12 pm PST, Feb 21 | Elena Makhova-scharf | Cincinnati | Ohio | United States | |||
| 3,151 | 12:40 pm PST, Feb 21 | Shannon Clark | bucks | United Kingdom |
The Dancing Bears Petition!
Dear President Bush,
We the undersigned implore you to take action immediately to help save the Sloth bears in India!
In India, young Sloth cubs are taken from their mothers and their front teeth are removed. They are forced to dance and they are malnourished because of their missing teeth.
Please, they need your help.
We the undersigned implore you to take action immediately to help save the Sloth bears in India!
In India, young Sloth cubs are taken from their mothers and their front teeth are removed. They are forced to dance and they are malnourished because of their missing teeth.
Please, they need your help.
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