BULGARIA-DANCING-BEARS

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DIANA SIMEONOVA
A member of the Stanev gypsy family comforts their 19-year-old male bear Misho in the village of Getsovo, 15 June 2007, before it is taken to a Dancing Bear Park in southern Bulgaria. Misho and two other bears raised by the Stanev family are the last three bears in Bulgaria and the European Union to be sheltered in the park after years of abuse when they were made to dance for their gypsy masters. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF