by: Care2 Team
target: FIFA World Cup

21,386 SUPPORTERS
25,000 GOAL
In a third division match between Mashuk-KMV vs. FC Aungusht, a bear was used to entertainment the crowd at the of start the game. That’s right, a real live captive bear was brought to the soccer field and forced to clap his hands just to amuse the audience. This kind of animal exploitation is not only unsafe, but inhumane.

The incident had some commenters speculating that the World Cup might do something similar or try to outdo it, but we want to make sure nothing like this happens again. Sign this petition asking FIFA to commit to an animal cruelty-free World Cup in Russia this June.

Bears and other animals that are used as entertainment are usually “trained” at a young age. This often involves being taken away from their natural environments and from their mothers almost instantly, being…