Reasonable Doubt

What Is a Bear?

A private zoo owner thought he was taking good care of his bear. Activists say he was torturing her. The epic fight that ensued cuts to the heart of society’s reappraisal of the inner lives of animals.

chris sweeney
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20 min readFeb 13, 2019

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chris sweeney
GEN
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Chris Sweeney is a magazine writer living near Boston. His work has appeared in Audubon, Men's Journal, Popular Science, and Boston Magazine, among others.