Fighting back
If the sanctuary didn’t want to take in Pedals, then they would try and make them through a petition.
The Oak Ridge residents circulated a petition hoping that if they got enough people to sign it, the Department of Environmental Protection would have no choice but to send the bear to the sanctuary. Thankfully, with Pedals being a viral sensation, finding signatures was easier than they’d thought. Within a few months, 300,000 people had signed it; however, that wasn’t enough for them.