Starving bears beg for scraps as they are forced to watch families dine at a riverside restaurant in Armenia (12 Pics)
Oblivious: Seated with a view of the bear enclosure is a young family enjoying lunch at the restaurant in Armenia
Begging for scraps: A bear reaches out with its paw through the iron bars to get its claws on a piece of food left by a diner
Heartbreaking: Keeping bears in cages is not an uncommon way of attracting tourists or entertaining shoppers in Armenia
Longing for freedom: The bears at the restaurant are kept in a barren enclosure and forced to beg for food
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Feed me: Many of the bears have lived their entire lives inside cages or small enclosures for the entertainment of diners, shoppers and bored commuters across Armenia
Efforts: British charity International Animal Rescue has launched a rescue mission to free the caged bears of Armenia
Caged: Another bear at a separate location in Armenia is sticking its head out of its cage
Mission: The International Animal Rescue hope to raise enough money to be able to rescue 80 bears
Working on it: The images were taken during a recent visit to Armenia by IAR Chief Executive Alan Knight who was appalled at what he saw
Cruel: Some of the bears are kept in small, barren cages, surviving only on scraps and filthy, stagnant water and standing on stinking mounds of their own faece
- To support the campaign, visit www.greatbearrescue.org
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