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- 3 February 2012, 13:57
Gervais heartbroken over bear's death
Funnyman Ricky Gervais broke down in tears on Friday after learning about the death of his sponsored rescue bear.
The Office star is a longtime supporter of Animals Asia and the Moon Bears, and regularly donated money to assist Stan, a bear who was rescued from a farm in Vietnam.
However, the beast passed away recently, and Gervais has been left devastated after hearing of the tragedy.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Woke up to the news that my beautiful rescue bear Stan has died. At least he experienced 2 years of freedom and love."
Gervais was bombarded with well wishes from fans, and he later added, "All your kind messages made my cry. Thank you RIP Stan the bear."
what do you think?
Jacqui Morrison
They dont all sponsor the same bear! same as people who donate to sponsor a child abroad dont all sponsor the same child, not a fan of him but think it is sweet he felt so strongly about an animal.
paddyj
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Brian Lux
I also 'sponsor' a Tiger! However, my main donations for animals go to those centres which actually do something. Thus the PDSA, Battersea, three local animal sanctuaries( desperately need support now the animal-loving British public are dumping dogs and cats anywhere), plus wonderful charities like the Donkey Sanctuary. I know nothing about the charity Ricky supported, but I guess loads of other folk 'supported' the same bear. So what? At least some are being rescued from countries which have no feelings towards any animals.
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3:42pm on 3/2/2012
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