Julia’s Bear Necessities

There’s a brand new addition to Julia Roberts’ family—a seven-year-old dancing bear rescued by the NGO Wildlife SOS, called Odum

Last week, Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder enquired over email about their Indian family member, Odum, a seven-year-old dancing bear rescued by the NGO Wildlife SOS. When Roberts and her family first met Odum at the Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in Bangalore, even the ring pierced through his nose hadn’t been removed. Roberts explained to her three kids how ‘bad men had taken baby bear away from mother bear to perform tricks’. The kids, of course, were delighted when Odum snuck his hand out of his shelter and played with all of them. “Odum is the newest member of our family, and we will definitely visit him the next time we are visiting India,” said the email.

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