Bear draws lottery tickets

Wow!  Clark's is still in business?  When I was a kid I thought it was so cool to feed the bears at Clark's and take a ride around on the railroad. The last time I went there, I wasn't a kid any more. I watched the bears sitting on these tiny platforms way up high in the trees. The idea was for the visitor to buy a treat and then put it in a cup. The bears were trained to pull on the rope until the cup reached them and they lowered the pulley so you'd do it again.  I was so disturbed that I began to cry. I know the Clarks give money to charity and recently saved a local animal shelter, but it's also a lot of free national advertising for them.  It's sad that their lives as a circus act is actually better than living in the wild where these magnificent creatures used to live for over 30 years, but now average 5 to 7 if they're lucky.  Too bad they don't know how to build a condo or shoot a gun.  Maybe a good compromise would be if the Clarks took some of the money they've been raking in from this roadside attraction for over 70 years and allow these animals to roam in a protected sanctuary.  After all, the state motto in NH is "Live Free or Die."