Bear's Lingering Trauma Circles an Imaginary Cage Years After Release
Channel: Syncopea
Date: 2024-02-03

Bear's Lingering Trauma Circles an Imaginary Cage Years After Release
A video footage reveals a bear despite being released in the wild has been circling an imaginary cage for the past seven years.

The bear named ‘Ina’ was kept in a tiny cage at a zoo in the Romanian city of Piatra Neamț for 20 years before being rescued and relocated to a reserve in Zarnesti. “She is free, but her mind is captive even now, and there are days when she turns endlessly in a circle penned in by an imaginary cage created by her traumatic life,After many years of complaints from local non-governmental organizations, the government finally abandoned Ina and sent her to a nature reserve in October 2014. Although now she has her own trees, swimming pool, and a nest, the shadows of the past continue to haunt her.

She still cannot properly comprehend a life without bars and continues to pace the imaginary cage as if it is still around her, point out her caretakers. She has been traumatized to an extreme level where the cage has become an integral part of her life even after her release.
music @DarGolan