A male brown bear, 20-year-old Vova, was rescued by animal-rights organization Four Paws, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The bear used to perform at a recently burned-down restaurant in the Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine.
The bear is believed to have spent its life in a tiny, concrete cage near the restaurant. Vova was rescued March 23, when its former owner handed the animal over to the authorities.
