Joey, the albino grizzly bear from Canada has led an eventful and unfortunate short life.
Posted on 07/02/2024 7:36:45 AM PDT by SJackson
Joey, the albino grizzly bear from Canada has led an eventful and unfortunate short life.
Meet Joey, the world’s unluckiest yet most endearing albino grizzly bear. Joey, due to his snowy-white fur from albinism, found himself on an accidental world tour, mistaken not once, not twice, but multiple times for a polar bear!
Joey’s rollercoaster of adventures began when a well-meaning animal protection group, mistaking him for a polar bear, shipped him off to the Arctic.
Picture this: a regular-sized grizzly among towering polar bears, who were as confused as Joey himself. It turns out, size does matter in the Arctic, and Joey was more of an underdog, or underbear, if you will.
But not all heroes wear capes—some have white fur. Arctic experts soon noticed Joey’s unique yellow-tinged fur and realized their blunder.
So back he went to the North American forest, his real home. However, Joey’s saga was far from over. Another group scooped him up and sent him back near the Arctic Circle.
This time, Joey wised up and bolted towards warmer climes, only to be mistaken again as a polar bear in distress and ended up in a polar bear exhibit.
Thankfully, the folks there knew a grizzly when they saw one, and Joey was sent back to the forest. Through all these misadventures, Joey became quite the seasoned traveler.
His story isn’t just a series of mishaps; it’s a testament to the resilience and unyielding spirit of a bear who could find his way back home no matter how far he roamed.
So here’s to Joey, not just the unluckiest bear, but also the pluckiest. His escapades remind us to laugh in the face of confusion and to keep trekking through life’s icy patches with a heart full of warmth.
Oh, but the animal-protection idiots meant well.
Environmentalists are some of the stupidest people out there.......................
Hopefully those Dudley-Do-Rights at least checked him for blindness and deafness before abandoning him in those places where he shouldn’t have been. Fortunately, their stupidity apparently didn’t kill him. Too bad one of them didn’t try to pet him.
Is Joey still alive?
Did this really happen or is it one of the fake stories people use to get clicks on social media?
Just like typical, racist leftists; they see “color” and make up their own shallow narratives.
At least these “do gooders” can feel good about their role in torturing the poor bear!
Saw several articles, none mentioned his death so I assume so.
Me too, I just assume if he were dead they’d say it. Many of the articles seem to be picked up from the Times of India article. Quite possible no one knows. The white buffalo born recently hasn’t been seen for a couple weeks either.
When someone captures him, they can read the tag.
At least Joey still has his white privilege!
Maybe they just meant that he’s a young bear...
Unluckiest? I watched the BBC program PLANET EARTH last night in which a polar bear starved to death because he did not have the strength to kill a walrus.
I remember a guy in the military, a native of Hawaii in the South who said he was going to place a sign around his neck saying “I AM NOT A N-——!”
That was 1966-1969.
probably an old bear- even young bears in great health have trouble killing walruses- many of their attacks fail to produce a meal-
I knew a Hawaiian guy in the a navy, who had a very strong accent , he was pulled over in Georgia while traveling to Jacksonville.
He said the cop asked him for his green card, he handed over his military id, enlisted ids were green.
He said the cop got pissed. The guy said he told the cop he was Hawaiian, not Mexican and showed him his Hawaii driver’s license.
He said the cop was too embarrassed to give him a ticket. Got off with a warning .
I knew a Marine who thought Hawaii was a foreign country and would have to exchange money. .
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