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British animal sanctuary launches bid to save two bears trapped in tiny cage outside restaurant

By Graeme Murray A British animal sanctuary has taken steps to save two brown bears trapped in cage outside a European restaurant. The animals are seen "imprisoned" in a small barred holding next to a restaurant in Azerbaijan. Wildheart Bosses of Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, on the Isle of Wight, want to save the two European brown bears and give them their very own 3,500 square metre habitat. The sanctuary's owners say the animals have spent their lives imprisoned in a cage attached to the side of a restaurant as attractions for gawking tourists, living off scraps of food and whatever else cus…