Dec. 7 (UPI)– Protesters are requiring “justice” for Honey, a black bear who was euthanized at a New York state-licensed animal sanctuary after withstanding what they called inhumane conditions.
About 30 members of the group Humane Long Island collected late Friday to oppose conditions at the Holtsville, N.Y., Ecology Center, requiring the closure of the sanctuary and sanctuary for Honey's making it through good friends, the New York Post reported.
“Three more animals have actually been eliminated at Holtsville simply considering that our conference last month, however not one more requirements to pass away,” the group published on Facebook previously today.
“Humane Long Island has positioning for each animal to go to their dream sanctuary home,” they stated while arranging the demonstration to motivate their moving.
Honey was 27 and affected with repeating urinary system infections and decomposed and broken teeth that her caretakers supposedly neglected while she was kept at the sanctuary, according to Humane Long Island.
The bear suffered a stroke on Nov. 22, which triggered her to lose control of the lower part of her body and was euthanized, sanctuary authorities informed the Post while emphatically rejecting the accusations of abuse.
The sanctuary is run by the Town of Brookhaven, N.Y., and its highway department. Highways Superintendent Dan Losquadro informed the Sahem, N.Y., Patch that Honey was “well past the life span for a bear,” including that the types does not live long whether in the wild or in captivity.
“She sadly, at an older age, established some extremely serious health issue,” he stated. “There's truly absolutely nothing more I can state about Honey. We are definitely distressed that she's no longer with us in the center, which individuals will not continue to get to see her and find out.”
The center just recently passed a surprise Department of Agriculture evaluation, Losquadro stated.
The Post reported wild animal exhibitor Larry Wallach contributed Honey and her sibling called Pooh to the center after the New York Supreme Court bought his animal exhibit service to close following reports of animals being abused.
Critics compete the highway department isn't certified or geared up to look after the animals at the 3.5-acre animal sanctuary.
“The highway department has no location running a zoo,” Humane Long Island President John Di Leonardo stated in an online post. “These animals are drawn from one bad circumstance to another.”
He stated the animals are not saved and rather were typically are put in an even worse scenario when sent out to the animal haven, which is home to more than 100 hurt or ill animals that can not endure in the wild.
Previous sanctuary employees Kathleen Connely and Cayleigh Kunnmann informed the Post the center mainly is staffed by employees who are not certified to offer animals with veterinary care, while some employees raised issues about the conditions in which Honey and Pooh were kept, consisting of being housed in a little concrete enclosure.
