Starving polar bear found half-paralysed with gunshot wounds in Siberia
Starving polar bear found half-paralysed with gunshot wounds in Siberia
It is believed the bear had gone to the village to search for food (Picture: The Siberian Tim)
This is the disturbing moment an emaciated polar bear with several gunshot wounds was found in Russia.
Footage shows the half-paralysed, dehydrated animal lying motionless in a hole in the ground.
Rescuers were called to the scene by villagers of the isolated Dickson island, in Arctic Siberia.
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