The bear spent its final years at Edinburgh Zoo
A small town in the Scottish Borders is home to one of two statues in the country commemorating a Syrian brown bear who served in World War II.
Wojtek — also spelled Voytek — started life in the care of a young Iranian boy after its mother was killed by hunters. In 1942, at a railroad station in Iran, the bear came into the care of Polish soldiers, with Lieutenant Anatol Tarnowieckikept deciding to keep and raise the animal. On the front line, Wojtek was a valuable asset and carried ammunition and empty boxes. His odd human-like behaviour led to the animal becoming something of an icon, and an image of him carrying an artillery shell was adopted as the company’s insignia.
Wojtek died in 1963 at the age of 21, weighing almost 500kg at the time of his death — a far cry from the skinny bear cub that had been rescued in Iran all those years ago.
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