Bear found in abandoned Ukrainian zoo arrives at new home in Scotland

Out of nearly 200 animals at the zoo, Yampil the bear was one of the few animals to survive the invasion

Yampil the Asiatic black bear has been rehomed at the Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, West Lothian. Picture: Natuurhulpcentrum/PA

A black bear which survived the war in Ukraine has successfully been rehomed at a zoo in Scotland.

Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, West Lothian, has rescued and rehomed an Asiatic black bear named Yampil from the village of Yampil in Ukraine.