It’s a sad story but also a true one. I vividly remember the “trained bears” that were cruely displayed in some of our communist resort as well. They were there for pictures. Even closer to our times, on our seaside they used to bring different wild animals, as show... Nice thing they did a park for them in Bulgaria, though the majority of bears were thrown back to wilderness without considering that they will come back to society and becoming a danger at the same time. Many ended up being shot...
Thanks a lot for your comment and for sharing about Romania, I had no idea that that was so common, @vonaurolacu! Good that that absurd is now in the past.