러시아 바이칼 호수 둑에 있는 시베리아 동물원에 살고 있는 10개월 된 새끼 곰 안드레이카와 4살 된 알라스카 말라뮤트 롬미는 특별한 우정을 쌓고 있다
이 새끼 곰은 올해 초 약한 상태로 발견되었고, 간호한 직원의 이름을 따서 안드레이카라고 이름을 지었다.
이후 새끼 곰은 몸무게와 체력이 증가했고 야생으로 돌아가기 위한 훈련으로 알래스카 말러무트 롬미와 놀이 겸 야생 적응 훈련중이다.
A competitive friendship links four-year-old Rommi the dog and a 10-month-old bear cub Andreyka, living in the Siberian zoo on the bank of the Baikal lake.
The cub was found in a weak condition earlier this year and named Andreyka after an employee who nursed her, has gained weight and strength and is being conditioned to be returned to the wild.
Part of the conditioning involves play-fighting with Alaskan Malamute Rommi, who has become the bear's sparring partner, and has seen three generations of bear cubs brought up in the Siberian zoo and released back into the wild.
"When we let Andreyka bear out into the wild, I think, Rommi will miss her, as she was lucky to get such a partner, they are having loads of fun, running around and playing around, " said Daria Trifonova, who takes care of the animals in the zoo.
Siberian zoo houses a wide variety of animals including foxes, wolves, raccoons, lynxes ad others. The center also rehabilitates wounded animals and deserted cubs found in the taiga, and prepare them for return to the natural habitat.
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