SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care

SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care Dillan the bear and other animals have been caged for years in filthy, cramped enclosures.
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The Union County Sportsmen's Club (Millmont, PA) lacks adequately trained staff and proper facilities to house wild captive animals but we can help them!

01/17/2020
Governor Tom Wolf on Twitter

We owe a huge debt of gratitude, tremendous thanks, and a virtual hug to Governor Tom Wolf of PA for stepping in and speaking up! Please head over to his social accounts —. Facebook, Twitter, Insta — and thank him for his support!

“Relieved that Dillan will be moved to safety. I would like to thank all animal rights advocates for giving a voice to the voiceless. I proudly stand with them as we continue to advocate for increased protections for all animals in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/aWF6aMh6Tm”

01/17/2020
01/17/2020
PETA Taking Dillan the Bear from Union County to Colorado

PETA Taking Dillan the Bear from Union County to Colorado

HARTLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The battle over a bear in Union County has been resolved. According to the president of the Union County Sportsmen's Club, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will move Dillan the bear to a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado next week. Dillan, the bear, has lived....

01/17/2020
Tell Gov. Wolf to Help Save Dillan the Bear!

Take action today to help Dillan get the retirement he deserves!

Please join PETA and Alec Baldwin in asking Wolf to use his power to secure Dillan's transfer to an accredited sanctuary immediately.

01/16/2020
Nikki Krize WNEP

We’ve heard the news, and we know everyone is excited! We won’t stop advocating for Dillan until he has had a safe retirement. Let’s cross our fingers and see what happens next. In the mean time, please comment in support of Dillan’s retirement on this reporter’s FB page and the WNEP page. Keep sharing the positive stories that are breaking now. Let’s show how grateful we are that people are stepping up to speak out for Dillan.

The president of the Union County Sportsmen’s Club tells us they have come to an agreement with PETA. Next week Dillan will move to a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado.

01/16/2020

Please head on over to the WNEP page -TV and leave a positive comment in support of Dillan in the comments of the recent story. You will need to scroll through their posts a bit to find it. Politely urging his release to a proper wildlife sanctuary will go a long way to helping others see that retirement is the right next step!

01/16/2020
PETA, Alec Baldwin Enter Controversy Over Dillan the Bear

If anyone had doubts about poor Dillan’s plight at Union County Sportsmen’s Club, watching him lick up what looks like food pellets from the side of his dirty, dank cement kennel in this video should put those doubts to rest. This is no sanctuary. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania Game Commission need to step in!

HARTLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A battle over a bear in Union County now has a celebrity involved. Actor Alec Baldwin recently sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf asking for his help rescuing a bear from a wildlife sanctuary near Millmont. Dillan the Bear enjoyed some food on Wednesday inside his enclosure....

01/14/2020
Alec Baldwin Working to Free Ill, Obese Bear Kept in Concrete Cage at Penn. Sportsmen's Club

We won’t stop advocating for Dillan to have the life he deserves after so many long years of neglect. And thankfully, PETA won’t either. So grateful for this support from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and Alec Baldwin.

The USDA has cited the Union County Sportsmen’s Club numerous times for providing inadequate veterinary care for Dillan the Asiatic black bear

01/05/2020

We are looking for a few people to get involved with administering this page and leading the campaigns to federal and state reps regarding the club’s neglect of Dillan.

Who would like to help? PM the page or respond below.

01/01/2020

Looking forward to what we can build, anew, for Dillan and all the animals in this New Year! Thank you to this community of nearly 200 concerned, compassionate people who really care!

12/31/2019

For Dillan. May 2020 be a year for recognition and sanctuary.

12/27/2019
Bear at wildlife sanctuary in Union County the focus of controversy with animal welfare advocates

Abandoning Dillan to his current fate in his barren cement kennel is an outcome that ensures his stress, suffering and pain will continue for the rest of his life. Dillan deserves a chance at a better life with space, enrichment, a proper diet and much needed medical care.

Hartley Township, Pa. -- Dillan the bear was not granting interviews when your correspondent visited him at home in Weikert on a gray weekday afternoon earlier this December.

12/25/2019
Our Hen House

This sounds achingly familiar. Union County Sportsmen's Club should be held accountable for their neglect of Dillan. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania Game Commission are failing to act now in this case.

The Animal Law Podcast episode on this case will be coming out tomorrow (Wednesday). It is a story of heroic plaintiffs and dogged lawyers on one side, and willful administrative neglect and loathsome defendants on the other. It is also the story of hundreds of animals who were allowed to live, and die, in utter misery. It is a success story, but one that came only after so many failures on the part of those who are supposed to be enforcing the law. Don't miss this episode!

12/12/2019
The Daily Item

Have you sent a card for Dillan yet? See the resources on this page for more info on how to politely advocate for his retirement! A reputable wild animal sanctuary is ready to help right now!

MILLMONT — PETA officials are giving the Union County Sportsmen's Club an early Christmas gift — 10 bags of coal.

12/07/2019

Have you sent a card for Dillan yet?

With the holidays fast approaching, would you send a Christmas/Holiday card to the club’s president politely advocating for Dillan’s release? You can include a personal note. See example below. Choose to use Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and be sure to sign your name, along with your city, and state:

Dear Mr. Spangler,

During this season of generosity, please reconsider retiring poor Dillan to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. He has been living in a concrete cage with no enrichment and no companionship at your facility for years. This is no way for anyone to live. Dillan and all the animals deserve to roam, and forage, and receive complete veterinary care.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

Name
City, State

Send to:
Orville “Bear” Spangler
President
Union County Sportsmen’s Club
50 Sportsmen's Club Lane
Millmont, PA 17845

12/05/2019
Animals Asia

This is a group that rescues moon bears from intense confinement after many years — even decades. Dillan deserves this chance too.

It has been three years since we brought Winter🐻 , Bi Xanh🐻 , Poe🐻 , Snow🐻 , Cranberry🐻 and Ivy🐻 home for the holidays.

Since their rescue they have all put on a healthy amount of weight and their fur now looks absolutely luscious.

Saved from the stressful conditions they experienced on the bile farm, generous supporters from around the world made Christmas 2016 a special one for these bears.

🎄It was the first Christmas at their new home, the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre. This rescue was the greatest gift they could possibly have received. 🎁 Now these six bears are loved, looked after and, more than anything, cherished. ❤️️

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/media/news/news-archive/three-years-since-we-brought-them-home-for-the-holidays.html

12/04/2019

Do you think we should form a private Save Dillan facebook group to organize our outreach activities? We can share more information there and it will only be available to members of the group. We will keep the public Save Dillan page going too. Please share your thoughts on this idea in the comments section of this post.

12/03/2019

SEND A CARD FOR DILLAN TODAY! With the holidays fast approaching, would you send a Christmas/Holiday card to the club’s president politely advocating for Dillan’s release? You can include a personal note. See example below. Choose to use Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and be sure to sign your name, along with your city, and state:

Dear Mr. Spangler,

During this season of generosity, please reconsider retiring poor Dillan to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. He has been living in a concrete cage with no enrichment and no companionship at your facility for years. This is no way for anyone to live. Dillan and all the animals deserve to roam, and forage, and receive complete veterinary care.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

Name
City, State

Send to:
Orville “Bear” Spangler
President
Union County Sportsmen’s Club
50 Sportsmen's Club Lane
Millmont, PA 17845

11/28/2019

We are so very grateful that kindhearted people are taking a stand for Dillan and all the animals.
Thank you.

11/26/2019
Dillan the Bear Is Trapped and Running out of Time at This Roadside Zoo in Pennsylvania

Union County Sportsmen's Club has a long history of caging wildlife in poor conditions and failing to provide adequate veterinary care. This has gone on too long. Dillan and all the animals deserve to be retired to a professional wildlife sanctuary now!

Dillan the bear is in bad shape & is running out of time. Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Pennsylvania has let him get 400 pounds overweight and he’s clearl...

11/24/2019
Jenn

Who else is with Jenn and will speak out for Dillan?!

I just sent Dillan’s story and photo to these people. I’d like everyone else to do the same. Let’s take advantage of momentum and get his story heard by the public!

11/24/2019

A very effective way to help Dillan is to email the Pennsylvania Game Commission at this address:
[email protected]
We have been told this email is the best way for the public to express their opinions on important topics. Please write a respectful email to the Game Commission to help Dillan!

11/23/2019
Asian black bear - Wikipedia

Dillan is an Asiatic Black Bear, also known as a moon bear. Learn about his species and you will understand more about how cruel his intense confinement in a cement kennel at Union County Sportsmen's Club is.

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus, previously known as Selenarctos thibetanus), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and the white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle.[2][3] It lives in the Himalayas, in the nor...

11/19/2019

USDA again cites Union County Sportsmen's Club for failing to get Dillan proper veterinary care. But there is a wildlife sanctuary standing by to help at no cost to the club. Speak up for Dillan now to help end his suffering!

11/19/2019

UPDATE: USDA calls out club for failing to provide veterinary care to Dillan. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2Qv9IfA and contact the club to politely urge Dillan’s release: tel:570-922-1128 or email: [email protected]

11/11/2019

If you have visited the Union County Sportsmen’s Club, please take a moment to provide a review with your impressions via Google and Yelp.

11/11/2019
SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care

SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care

Want to take action? Call the Union County Sportsmen’s Club or post in the comments on their public page and politely urge them to retire Dillan to a sanctuary!
(570)922-1128

11/07/2019

Are you willing to write a letter to the club for Dillan? We would like to organize a letter writing campaign from supporters here on the page! If you’re in, tell us in the comments section of this post.

11/05/2019

SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care's cover photo

11/04/2019

Every day we call, respond to a post on the club’s public page, email or send a letter to the club, we remind them that we have not forgotten Dillan. Please politely urge the club to retire Dillan — and all the animals there — to a reputable sanctuary. Use all the resources here on the page! The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado continues to standby with an immediate offer to help!

11/01/2019
Locals want to help bear too

Please read and comment with your support of Dillan!

It isn’t just PETA that wants to help Dillan, the tormented bear who is confined to a small concrete kennel at the Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Millmont.

10/31/2019
: All about moon bears

Did you know that Dillan is an Asiatic Black Bear, or moon bear? You can learn more about his species through this post. Please continue to speak out for him — and all the animals at the club. Dillan has been neglected for years. At one time the club may not have known better, but they certainly do now.

The Asiatic bear is famed as the most playful of all eight bear species, but sadly, it is also the most exploited.

10/28/2019

Hope you can take the time to read and comment on a thoughtful opinion letter, written by one of Dillan’s supporters here on SAVE Dillan the Bear - Needs Urgent Care. Follow the link: https://tinyurl.com/yy8ufyak

10/25/2019
Animals have feelings too

Animals have feelings too

For years, the Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Millmont has caged a black bear named Dillan without proper shelter, food or veterinary care. Dillan is trapped in a dirty concrete

10/25/2019
The Truth About Sanctuaries | Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries

Union County Sportsmen’s Club is NOT a legitimate animal sanctuary. It is a roadside zoo that lacks any sort of adequate facilities and trained animal care staff. It fails to provide animals with adequate shelter, enrichment, diet, and veterinary care. It has been cited by the USDA a number of times for these issues. It has kept Dillan in what amounts to little more than a reinforced dog kennel for 10+ years.

Legitimate Sanctuaries versus Pseudo-Sanctuaries The following begins with an excerpt from an article written by GFAS. It appeared online at the Encyclopedia Britannica’s Advocacy for Animals: What if six months ago you made a contribution to an organization that claimed to be an animal sanctuary,...

10/24/2019
Animals have feelings too

Thank you for being Dillan’s voice!

For years, the Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Millmont has caged a black bear named Dillan without proper shelter, food or veterinary care. Dillan is trapped in a dirty concrete

10/24/2019
PETA campaign aims to get obese bear out of roadside zoo

We are so grateful to everyone who is speaking out and supporting Dillan, and all the animals at the club! And especially to @ PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for their continued commitment. This is an organization that does not turn away from suffering.

PETA argues that the Union County Sportsman's Club and Wildlife Sanctuary is endangering a black bear in its care, and wants the animal moved.

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