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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

A refugee bear from a bombed-out Ukraine zoo finds a new home in Scotland

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An unlikely refugee from the war in Ukraine — a black bear — arrived at his new home in Scotland on Friday and quickly took to a meal of cucumbers and watermelon.

The 12-year-old Yampil was named for the village in the Donetsk region where he was found in a bombed-out zoo by Ukrainian troops in 2022. He was one of the few animals to survive.

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