Masha, the Ukrainian Circus Bear
Among the many refugees from Ukraine, there is also Masha, a circus bear, whose dream is to be free. Just like many other circus animals, she has been taken away from her mother as a baby, and trained to become a circus performer against her will. For 19 years she has been forced to dance in circuses and spent her days in a small cage, where she could barely move. She was just a few months old when she began to learn how to ride a bike or jump through circles for the amusement of the public. She never enjoyed doing that, but, as an animal, she never had the choice to live otherwise. There was nowhere she could ask for help. She felt, lonely, sad, scared, but nobody seemed to ever care about her feelings. She only lived to amuse people. Now, that she is too old to perform, thanks to the BF Nathan Foundation in Ukraine, she will be welcomed in the AMP Libearty Bear Sanctuary in the European Union, where she will finally be able to feel what freedom is.