Like 50 metres [160 feet] from a bear den,' said Jozefiak, noting only some 150 brown bears are left in Poland. As well as bears, the forests are home to bison, lynx, wolves and wildcats, Al ...

A book for children, The Bear Who Went to War, was recently turned into a play, and a road leading to Poland’s Poznan New Zoo is named Corporal Wojtek Street.

This photo taken on June 3, 2025, shows a sculpture of a "salesman bear" near a shopping center in the Ursus district of Warsaw, Poland. Named after the Latin word for "bear," Ursus also features ...