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Article: Ewan McGregor Defends Polar Bears
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- February 22, 2002
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Title: Ewan McGregor Defends Polar Bears
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LONDON (AP) _ Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has written to the U.S.
government to plead for the release of seven Arctic polar bears he
claims are being ill-treated at a circus in Puerto Rico.
In an open letter to Interior Secretary Gale Norton released Thursday
and written on behalf of the British-based charity People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, McGregor asked for the animals to be
removed from a traveling circus in Puerto Rico.
He became interested in polar bears last year when he was asked to
host a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary on polar bears in Canada.
The 30-year-old star of "Black ...