VIDEO : Casey Affleck's Next Role? A Bear

Washington ? Fresh off his Oscar for Manchester by the Sea, actor Casey Affleck will be lending his voice to a protest intended to call attention to mistreatment of bears. PETA says the Agriculture Department should follow through on a promise to expand protections for bears under the Animal Welfare Act. #DC: #BernardTheBear voiced by #Oscars winner Casey Affleck joins PETA supporters outside of @USDA to ask them to close cruel roadside zoos. pic.concours-twitter.htm">twitter.com/IHgcAtnLbg ? PETA (@peta) March 7, 2017 Affleck says in a statement that bears shouldn't be used for "cruel tourist traps".