Scottish zoo welcomes black bear which survived war in Ukraine



Five months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, an Asiatic black bear was found at an abandoned zoo in the Donetsk region.

Now, the bear has a new permanent home at a Scottish zoo. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/refugee-bear-bombed-ukraine-zoo-finds-new-home-106329111

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46 comments

  1. What a natural environment for the bear.😢

  2. All animals need to be rescued in Ukraine😢

  3. That isnt a black bear its a Sloth bear

  4. at first i was going to say "well cared for before it arrived," but then i see these huge cheeks. can ONE person who knows what he or she is talking about tell me if this bear is overweight, or was it well care for? ONE PERSON, please. it is a beautiful bear, IMHO

  5. Save your country and let it loose in holyrood.

  6. That place doesn't look like the best place for him. I hope that's not his home. A chain link fence????

  7. Oh god you’re bringing the bears into this… keep them outta the war propaganda machine 😅

  8. Pauvre animal des conditions de vie inssuportable, je deteste voir des animaux en cage

  9. Poor thing stuck in cages when he should be out in the fields smh

  10. Poor animal, from one jail to another

  11. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  12. Que tristeza ver estos hermosos animales en jaulas

  13. Take care of such a precious animal

  14. Keep us caught up on the bears progress. Thanks for your help!

  15. Bear is beautiful. Rescue is beautiful. Slava Ukraini!

  16. Dang, he's huge. That extra muscle behind his ears and jaw is kinda scary. This big boy could do some damage.
    I'm glad he survived ❤

  17. Bless their souls to infinity.🐻💝

  18. This bear is so CUTE🥰😍☺️😆😆!!! I promise I would treat this bear how I would react to babies, cats, & dogs!! Show and want to give my love for all cute living things☺️!! God Bless you Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!! Ur nation truly is so beautiful!!

  19. It’s still caged. Let it have a place where it can at least feel some freedom

  20. Being a scot , I know Scotland will make a bear environment, Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

  21. Just love this so much !! you can see from his face that he is so happy 😊

  22. Ooooooooooooooh WOW😮 sure glad to see he is alive and well and did not get hit with a bomb!!!❤🎉

  23. Such a beautiful bear ❤ Now you live peacefully🥰

  24. Survived a war only to be thrown in a cage!

  25. Awe,he's a happy bear now😊❤️✌️✌️

  26. Wonder how many millions of Americans $$ this single bear cost lol

  27. Please have as much compassion for their people who were made in GOD'S IMAGE as for this bear who was NOT.

  28. Dios los bdg, pero.seria mejor en libertad, con todo respeto.

  29. I guess you can call him a foreign POW now. Another causality in the globalist’s war machine.

  30. So saved to live in an empty box 🥺

  31. He’s beautiful 😻 glad he’s safe!

  32. Well the Democrats cause all this

  33. Put that thing back in the wild

  34. I didn’t know the Russian bears were fighting the Ukrainian bears 🙂