According to PETA, Legendary musician Joan Jett sent a letter to the owner of Pymatuning Deer Park urging her to send a 23-year-old bear named Bosco to a comfortable, reputable sanctuary, noting that after the death of the facility’s only other bear last year, Bosco doesn’t even have the comfort of a companion. He’s confined to a barren concrete pit and showing signs of arthritis.
“Bears are sophisticated, playful animals who thrive when given space and freedom to run, dig, and swim far from human activity,” Jett writes. “But at this roadside zoo, Bosco is denied everything that’s natural and important to him and condemned to a life surrounded by stone walls and gawking tourists.”