Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A bear pit was historically used to display bears, typically for entertainment and especially bear-baiting. The pit area was normally surrounded by a high fence, above which the spectators would look down on the bears.The most traditional form of maintaining bears in captivity is keeping them in pits, although many zoos replaced these by more elaborate and spacious enclosures that attempt to replicate their natural habitats, for the benefit of the animals and the visitors.A bear pit in Bern, Switzerland, known as the Bärengraben, was built in 1857 and is still in use to display bears, albeit supplemented by the adjacent BärenPark, a larger and more natural enclosure to which it is linked by tunnel. A new bear pit has now been built in the centre of Bern, Switzerland, which is much bigger. It has two parts, to enable the people to separate bears, if needed. The pit has places where the bears can hide, trees to climb on, and even water from the river nearby to swim in. On top of the bear pit there are a few restaurants for visitors."@en }
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- Bear_pit abstract "A bear pit was historically used to display bears, typically for entertainment and especially bear-baiting. The pit area was normally surrounded by a high fence, above which the spectators would look down on the bears.The most traditional form of maintaining bears in captivity is keeping them in pits, although many zoos replaced these by more elaborate and spacious enclosures that attempt to replicate their natural habitats, for the benefit of the animals and the visitors.A bear pit in Bern, Switzerland, known as the Bärengraben, was built in 1857 and is still in use to display bears, albeit supplemented by the adjacent BärenPark, a larger and more natural enclosure to which it is linked by tunnel. A new bear pit has now been built in the centre of Bern, Switzerland, which is much bigger. It has two parts, to enable the people to separate bears, if needed. The pit has places where the bears can hide, trees to climb on, and even water from the river nearby to swim in. On top of the bear pit there are a few restaurants for visitors.".