{"id":8838,"date":"2026-02-11T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8838"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:01:21","slug":"environmental-group-offers-bear-adoption-certificates-as-valentines-day-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8838","title":{"rendered":"Environmental group offers bear adoption certificates as Valentine\u2019s Day gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Millions of Friends Association in Bra\u0219ov, central Romania, is offering couples the possibility to adopt a bear as a gift for this year\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day. Specifically, the loved one can receive an <a href=\"https:\/\/millionsoffriends.org\/produs\/certificat-valentines-day\/\">adoption certificate<\/a> for a bear cub from the sanctuary, valid for one year.<\/p>\n<p>An adoption certificate costs RON 330 (EUR 65) and can be ordered online from the association\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The money raised through these donations will be used for the food, shelter, and care of the more than 100 bears at the Libearty Sanctuary in Z\u0103rne\u0219ti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat more beautiful gift can you give to the person you love than a little bear? And not a plush bear, a real little bear, an orphaned bear, who needs care and a lot of love, which we, the Millions of Friends Association, provide at the Libearty Sanctuary. And then you can come and see it; you won\u2019t have it only in a photo,\u201d said the president of the Millions of Friends Association, Cristina Lapis.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 bears live in the Z\u0103rne\u0219ti Sanctuary. Most were rescued from harsh situations, such as improper captivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2025 report from the Ministry of the Environment, Romania\u2019s brown bear population stands between 10,419 and 12,770, although the figures have been contested by environmental groups. In 2024, Romania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/president-signs-bear-cull-law-romania-july-2024\">doubled the hunting quota for the brown bear<\/a> to almost 500 following the deadly attack on a hiker in the Carpathians.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos | George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Millions of Friends Association in Bra\u0219ov, central Romania, is offering couples the possibility to adopt a bear as a gift for this year\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day. Specifically, the loved one can receive an adoption certificate for a bear cub from the sanctuary, valid for one year. An adoption certificate costs RON 330 (EUR 65) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}