Five Sisters have launched an urgent appeal to rescue three bears, who have endured a life of hardship.
Suzy, Carmen and Peggy are currently homeless languishing in a holding centre in Belgium.
The females, who for twenty five years worked for their owner in a travelling circus, spent much of their lives in horrifically cramped cages - measuring just 10m square.
One of the bears, Suzy is so traumatised by the conditions she sometimes still keeps walking in small circles.
They were put in a temporary cage after their owner fell ill, but desperately need a new home to spend their rest of their lives in comfort.
Five Sisters Zoo has agreed to construct a new purpose built enclosure for the three bears and are launching a £80,000 appeal to finance it.
All three of them were born in captivity and are now aged between 23 and 28 years.
When the circus owner retired he took them to Belgium. He became very ill and is now in hospital long term. They are now holed up in a temporary holding cage on a voluntary basis as Animal Sanctuary volunteers desperately hunt for new permanent home for them.
Help us to help the bears by giving generously...
We estimate that we initially need to raise around £80,000 to fulfill our ambition of re-homing Suzy, Carmen and Peggy, with any monies raised going directing into the following areas :
