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When it comes to sports, there aren't a lot of so-called jocks in the Urlesque office. But mention bears playing hockey and our heads tilt to the right a little with an audible "Baroo?" Flip through our super-snazzy new video gallery featuring animals playing freaking sports!
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12.05.08
By joan decandia
Humans are morons.
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12.05.08
By m. naugher
Disgusting. It's time to free the bears. Just a bunch of idiots trying to make a nickel. Shame on you. No matter how you look at it, it just plain sick and animal abuse.
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12.05.08
By rishi sharma
that gallery looks awesome!
lol!
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12.05.08
By jjenbob
Shame on you. I don't know how you can look at yourself in the morning. animals are NOT to be used for this type of entertainment or any form of animal abuse. Give them a break and be more humane. I know what it takes to make these animals do those tricks. Lack of food and water, and heavens knows what else until they 'do the trick'. Again, shame on you. Anything to make a buck...well, try earning it honestly.
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12.05.08
By Jordan
To everyone who's commented on what goes into training some of the animals in the videos, I wanted to thank you for bringing it up. We're all animal lovers here at Urlesque, and in my haste to diversify from cats on treadmills and backflipping chinchillas, I may not have given the proper consideration to the circumstances that led to creation of what, at least on the surface, were some pretty fascinating videos. Again, thanks for bringing it up. Obviously animal cruelty is a very serious issue, and it shouldn't be taken lightly. That said, none of us had anything to do with the creation of these videos, nor can we speak to how the animals were trained. Personally I can hardly get people to do things for me, let alone animals, so I wouldn't know the first thing about it.
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12.06.08
By Shannon
thants horrible shame on u thats toatolly wrong for somebody to do that WTF
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12.06.08
By Steven Alford
I don't think it's real look at the bears hind feet. No way would they fit in those skates
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12.06.08
By kori wilkinson
omg that is just HORRIBLE............NOT COOL! why would you make the animals do stuff like that,i bet that u hit them if they do do the trick right. SHAME ON YOU, how can you lve with yourself. YOU MAKE ME SICK!
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12.06.08
By WTF
Cant be real bears couldn't wear gd skates not to mention they would likely tear the ref a new one
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12.06.08
By Helene
I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only person who felt this way. At first, I wondered if it could be real. Then I started feeling sick - it's obvious to see how these animals are suffering. I wonder what could have driven them to go through it. UGH!!
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12.06.08
By Tom
I don't see how this is in-humane. If anything, having them play hockey is making them seem more human than before. Chill your boners. And Steve, you're right, it is a bit suspicious, but the hockey fight at the end is what convinced me.
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12.06.08
By joe
FUCK BEARS AND THEIR HIND LEGS!!! A BEAR ATTACKED MY FACE AND BIT MY EAR OFF. I HOPE THEY BECOME EXTINCT!!!!
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12.07.08
By kathy parker
I am appalled at this video. These magnificent animals were not put here to entertain us!
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12.06.08
By ANNE
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW, I CRIED IMAGINING HOW THEY MUST HAVE SUFFERED . THE BEATINGS , LACK OF FOFFD AND WATER. MAY ALL THAT SUFFER THE ANIMALS BE CURSED, I HOPE THEY WILL BE PUNISHED BY GOD . SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU.
IS THIS HAPPENING IN CANADA??? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!
CANADAIS A HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY AND CANADIANS ARE KNOWN TO BE NICE, SWEET AND ANIMAL LOVERS!!!
PLEASE STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY. LET THEM GO FREE IN THE WILDERSESS WHERE THEY BELONG. DON'T WE ALL LOVE FREEDOM??? ANIMALS ARE BORN FREE,LET THEM GO FREE PLEASE.
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12.06.08
By Karina
I only watched a few that seems interesting. I am going to say this very slowly so that all of you can understand what I am saying: None of these animals were abused. None of them were harmed or mistreated. Ihave a lot of experience training animals by using humane methods that allow the animals' personality to surface without fear. Rabbits jump. It is what they are designed to do. All these people did was patiently teach these rabbits to jump on cue. Dogs sit. You probably taught your dog to sit on cue. what if the dog decides it doesn't feel like sitting just then? I f you say 'sit' more firmly and apply pressure on the dog's behind or hold a treat above its head does that make it Abuse? No. That is simply reasserting your dominance with a gentle reminder to the dog.
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12.07.08
By DD8V92
That was cool!! Amazing cooridination. You could tell at the end, that it was a real Hockey game--see how the bears stated fighting--just like the Humans do!!
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12.07.08
By DD8V92
It is amazing how smart animals are and how dumb humans can be!! Anybody that knows anything about bears--you don't mistreat or "Beat them as the moron PETA people think. They will kill you!!
Bleeding Heart activist's, get a life. They were not harmed in any way-shape-or-form!!!
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12.07.08
By Wayne Beeman
It is in the eyes of the viewers, but not thought about by the idiots whom make the negative comments.
These bears were actually intio what they were ding, playing hocky. It is muchj better form of life than being stuck in some zoo for the entire life.
I train dogs to fetch, do parlor tricks, and break them of bad habits. those who think that cruelty and beatings can create what you just watched, are a bit too dull in the heads. It take amazing dedication to loving these animals as though they are family members.
You don't say badly of the Jack Russel riding the scate board, or surfing in competition, these are activities that enrich the lives of animals. You say it is time to let the animals go free. This is a equaly noble idea, but the majority of these animals are born in captivity, and would never survive the elements of the wild without getting into grievace trouble and problems or get killed. The people whom make these comments , are the people whom have for the most part never have let animals into their lives.
You can believe that the trainers love these animals, ans would stand in the way to protect these animals from harm or abuse.
Sorry but your slight, elementary, and ignorant comments should be kept to yourselves.
Bitch to the govern,ments about protecting the animals who live in the wild from being hunted, or displaced by human invasion of their habitat. The situation of the current president is to do away from these existing protections to allow drilling in the artic protected parks.
It just goesa bit further that the wildest and most dangerous animal is MAN, and when he can use patience and love to manage training eight bears to play, and enjoy playing hockey is a big ATTA BOY, and I salute him!
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12.07.08
By c.anthony
How disgusting! HUMAN BEINGS ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORST ANIMALS ON THE PLANET! "We" entertain ourselves at the cost of other "less-thinking" animals, not just with this horrid display of these poor bears, but also kill other animals simply for play. (It's difficult to tell which is worse.)
This video, made "for entertainment purposes" is truly sad, genuinely pathetic!
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12.07.08
By jackie
i dont see anything wrong with bears playing hockey all you posters are you trainers to make comments or this is the first time you seen this my first do any of you makecomments on bloody boxing matches or dogfights or cock fights how do you know that these bears are starved or not given food or water until they learn do any of you stop the hunters from killing bears do any of you feed a homeless dog or cat i bet most dont
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