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Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; Polish pronunciation:; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear [1] [2] (Ursus arctos syriacus) adopted by soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps during World War II. As a young cub, his mother was shot by hunters, and he was found in the mountains of Iran by a young boy.
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A Bear Named Wojtek is a 2023 Scottish-Polish animated short film directed by Iain Gardner. [2] The 28-minute animated film about the true story [3] of Wojtek, the war bear, [4] has been selected in various international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival [5] and the Manchester Animation Film Festival. [6]
The Wojtek Memorial Trust [1] was a Scottish Charity (SCO41057) established in 2009 to celebrate the life of Wojtek, "the Soldier Bear", the lives of those who knew him, and their stories during and after the Second World War. The Trust also aimed to promote wider understanding of the many historic and current links between the peoples of ...
Male bear overpowers and kills female bear. Video footage from the incident, caught on the live webcams, shows bear number 469, an adult male bear estimated to be 30 years old, attack bear number ...
The bear, which was not in the home when authorities arrived, was trapped near the residence after Miller's death. The bear, a male, was euthanized and DNA analysis confirmed the animal was the ...
Bear 141 was shot and killed by park rangers on October 6, 2003, to allow retrieval of the bodies. The events leading up to the deaths are documented in the film Grizzly Man. Bear 409 (Also called Beadnose) is a wild brown bear residing in Alaska's Katmai National Park. Bear 409 was recognized in 2018 as part of a campaign on the park's social ...
12-year-old son killed the bear, report says. At one point, Owen grabbed his rifle and fatally shot the aggressive animal, the report said. "I was flat on my back and could feel the bullet go ...