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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC Feb 1

    A bear escaped from an animal shop and roamed the streets of Basra, Iraq. It was safely captured and returned. http://abcn.ws/2Fy6m2T pic.twitter.com/1cUvgfZkDc

    2:57 PM - 1 Feb 2018
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    • 🇦🇫 Qamar Mutaz Alshara Hasan Jajaei † The Gear Ibs Hariri 🇸🇾Syrian star🇧🇷 @andikaputra92 Mullah Macho
    163 replies 379 retweets 763 likes
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      2. Steve Latronica‏ @slatronica Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        Animal shop? You can buy bears easily in Iraq?

        4 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3.  🦆 JOSE SWERVO  🦆‏ @Luathebeast Feb 1
        Replying to @slatronica @ABC

        Probably for some rich Saudi prince.

        3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      5. Matt‏ @MattMoloney88 Feb 1
        Replying to @Saudi_Castro @Luathebeast and

        Americans don't even know that Europe isn't a country. What do you expect.

        3 replies 3 retweets 28 likes
      6.  🦆 JOSE SWERVO  🦆‏ @Luathebeast Feb 1
        Replying to @MattMoloney88 @Saudi_Castro and

        And hey man there’s no need for that statement.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Matt‏ @MattMoloney88 Feb 1
        Replying to @Luathebeast @Saudi_Castro and

        It's true sadly

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. emma‏ @electraflux Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        the real story here is really why there are bears in animal shops in the first place.

        0 replies 4 retweets 77 likes
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      1. Marianne  🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇺🇸‏ @MarianneSansum Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        Poor animal

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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      2. Ajretroking‏ @Ajretroking Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        That animal has got to be terrified. So sad.

        2 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. D‏ @dmannion5_ Feb 1
        Replying to @Ajretroking @ABC

        Yeah wtf is an animal shop?

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
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      5. Ajretroking‏ @Ajretroking Feb 2
        Replying to @RogerTendwell @ABC

        Good one

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. D‏ @dmannion5_ Feb 2
        Replying to @Ajretroking @RogerTendwell @ABC

        Wow we’ve got a comedian over here. Wish I was as cultured as roger

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Chris Jr. Kaminski‏ @kaminskiano Feb 2
        Replying to @ABC

        Who tf sells bears

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Chris Jr. Kaminski‏ @kaminskiano Feb 2
        Replying to @kaminskiano @ABC

        Wait. Who buys bears in order for the seller to make a living in a first place

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Offici_AL‏ @alfarrouq_al Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        What do they mean returned. It’s an animal not an object. They should have released it into the wild were it belongs! 😡

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      1. .‏ @raydar07 Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        I can imagine the trauma that poor creature is going through. smh

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      2. Shannon  ⭐️‏ @sspring211 Feb 1
        Replying to @ABC

        “Escaped”...poor thing, a prisoner. 😪

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Sara 📿‏ @saranasrula Feb 3
        Replying to @sspring211 @ABC

        Yea because the US doesn’t have aquariums and zoos that capture wild animals for YOUR entertainment.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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