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  • Ben the bear lives on the Jambbas Ranch in a 12 foot X 22 foot cage. Ben's diet consists of dog food, bread, and hot dogs. Ben never leaves his cage and sleeps on a concrete floor.
  • James Bass, manager of Jambbas Ranch Tours, located in Fayetteville North Carolina. Jambbas Ranch is a working ranch where James sells live animals as well as meat. He is under heavy fire from animal activists mainly for the living conditions of his bear Ben.
  • Jambbas Ranch Welcome Center, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  • Billy McNamara explains how Ben, the bear living on the Jambbas Ranch, is being kept in too small of a cage. In the wild, bears walks approximately 20 miles per day. The cage Ben is currently living in is only 12 foot by 22 foot.
  • Alison Eastwood, the animal advocate crusader, puts the pressure on James Bass to give his bear, Ben, a better life.
  • Chico, the miniature donkey, lives on Jambbas Ranch.
  • Goat trying to stick his head through the fence.
  • Ben the bear lives on the Jambbas Ranch in a 12 foot X 22 foot cage. He has purple spots on his tongue which let you know that he is a hybrid. His mother was a Black Bear and his father was a Grizzly Bear.
  • Just a few of the many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  • A raccoon is one of the many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He has been living on the Ranch for eight years.
  • Jambbas Ranch Welcome Center, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  • Billy McNamara and Alison Eastwood sit down with manager of Jambbas Ranch, James Bass, to discuss the conditions in which Ben the Bear is currently living. They are hopeful that James will consider giving up the bear and moving him to a Sanctuary, or that he will put up the money to build a bigger enclosure.
  • A red fox is one of many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
  • Two African Spurred Tortoises relax in the sun at Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina. When they're grown, they will be about a hundred pounds.
  • Richard the tiger in cage.
  • Tiger in cage.

  • Small Cage

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Ben the bear lives on the Jambbas Ranch in a 12 foot X 22 foot cage. Ben's diet consists of dog food, bread, and hot dogs. Ben never leaves his cage and sleeps on a concrete floor.

  • Ranch Owner

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    James Bass, manager of Jambbas Ranch Tours, located in Fayetteville North Carolina. Jambbas Ranch is a working ranch where James sells live animals as well as meat. He is under heavy fire from animal activists mainly for the living conditions of his bear Ben.

  • Jambbas Ranch

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Jambbas Ranch Welcome Center, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

  • More Room For a Bear

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Billy McNamara explains how Ben, the bear living on the Jambbas Ranch, is being kept in too small of a cage. In the wild, bears walks approximately 20 miles per day. The cage Ben is currently living in is only 12 foot by 22 foot.

  • Advocating For Ben

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Alison Eastwood, the animal advocate crusader, puts the pressure on James Bass to give his bear, Ben, a better life.

  • Miniature Donkey

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Andy Neisart

    Chico, the miniature donkey, lives on Jambbas Ranch.

  • Curious Goat

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Goat trying to stick his head through the fence.

  • Mixed Breed Bear

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Ben the bear lives on the Jambbas Ranch in a 12 foot X 22 foot cage. He has purple spots on his tongue which let you know that he is a hybrid. His mother was a Black Bear and his father was a Grizzly Bear.

  • Out to Pasture

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Just a few of the many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

  • Roaming Raccoon

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    A raccoon is one of the many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He has been living on the Ranch for eight years.

  • Welcome to the Ranch

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Jambbas Ranch Welcome Center, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

  • Real Talk

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Billy McNamara and Alison Eastwood sit down with manager of Jambbas Ranch, James Bass, to discuss the conditions in which Ben the Bear is currently living. They are hopeful that James will consider giving up the bear and moving him to a Sanctuary, or that he will put up the money to build a bigger enclosure.

  • Foxy Animal

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    A red fox is one of many animals living on the Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

  • Sunning Tortoises

    Photograph by Bienstock Young Media/ Nick Anderson

    Two African Spurred Tortoises relax in the sun at Jambbas Ranch in Fayetteville, North Carolina. When they're grown, they will be about a hundred pounds.

  • King of the Tigers

    Bienstock Young Media/ Andy Neisart

    Richard the tiger in cage.

  • Caged Tiger

    Bienstock Young Media/ Andy Neisart

    Tiger in cage.

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