Footage shared by an animal sanctuary in Ukraine reveals rescued bear cubs taking part in with a snowman embellished with greens, after they had been beforehand compelled to take selfies with vacationers.

Caretakers on the Bear Sanctuary in Domazyhr run by animal welfare group 4 Paws, made the snowman as an enrichment exercise for the bears.

Hannah Baker, head of communications at 4 Paws U.Okay., advised Newsweek that caretakers put out recent fruit and greens for the bears commonly, nonetheless they wish to make it a little bit of problem and "one thing totally different" for them once in a while.

The video reveals caretakers assembling the snowman amid heavy snowfall, putting vegetables and fruit on high for the bears.

The bears then head over to research the snowman, and it is not lengthy earlier than they playfully destroy it.

The snowman was made to entertain the bears as they take a break from hibernating this yr, whereas they get used to their new residence

Baker mentioned the 4 bears, named Andor, Toby, Jenny and Moris, have been settling in nicely on the sanctuary since being rescued.

Andor was rescued by the sanctuary in June 2021 after being present in a barren concrete enclosure at a resort and restaurant in Skole, Ukraine.

Jenny, Toby and Moris got here to the sanctuary collectively in July 2021, after they had been present in a contact zoo close to Kyiv. The three bears had been compelled to be selfie objects and had been continually petted by zoo guests.

Baker mentioned: "They're all fairly younger and regardless of not being at Bear Sanctuary Domazyhr for a yr but, we're already seeing their characters shine by means of. Jenny is already asserting herself because the boss and all have adjusted nicely to the brand new atmosphere."

"Sadly, due to their begins to reside it is not going to be potential for them to be launched again into the wild. As a substitute, we'll supply them a life-long species acceptable residence within the sanctuary within the Ukraine.

"None of those bears had ever skilled what it was wish to be a bear till 4 Paws rescued them final yr, now their lives look very totally different and are far-off from getting used for human's leisure."

The fours bears are the one ones on the sanctuary not hibernating, as they normally could be this time of yr. Baker mentioned that bears do not sometimes hibernate throughout the similar yr of their arrival on the sanctuary, and normally want one to 2 years to regulate to the brand new atmosphere.

She mentioned: "For bear cubs although this could be a bit tougher as they really do not know how one can hibernate as they're too younger, however they finally study or the pure intuition comes again they usually handle to hibernate too."

Bears play with snowman
The snowman was put out for the bears as an enrichment exercise, to entertain them whereas they take a break from hibernation this yr.FOUR PAWS/FOUR PAWS