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A group of pilots in Russia adopted a wild bear, and launched a crowdfunding campaign to feed him and build him a home

Published by Business Insider on Wed, 20 Feb 2019


A group of Russian pilots adopted an abandoned bear cub three years ago, and has been feeding and living with it at an airfield near Moscow.Mansur the bear has been growing in size, so the pilots made a crowdfunding campaign to build him a new house and buy him more food.They also created Instagram and YouTube accounts that document Mansur playing on the base and helping staff repair old Soviet military aircraft.An orphaned bear cub taken in by Russian pilots three years ago is getting so big that his minders have set up a crowdfunder to build him a new house and finance his large appetite.A group of pilots from the Oreshkovo airfield, south of Moscow, adopted Mansur the bear in November 2016 when he was still a cub."Mansur" means "a bear" in Altai, a Turkic language spoken in Kaluga region, where Oreshkovo is located.The pilots had taken Mansur in from another group of pilots at the Orlovka airfield 125 miles away, who found him in April that year but had to give him up because they didn't have the room, according to Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.Here's what Mansur looked like when the Oreshkovo pilots adopted him: '''''' ''''''') ' #'''''''''''#mansurmedved#mansur#aviators#bear#''''''''''#love#il14#mansuril14#medved#'''''''''''''#''''''#mansurbear#'''''''#beautiful#like4like#animals#russia#followme#follow#like#instadaily#like#like4like#instalike#repost#amazing#pets#family#nofilter#amazing#life#me A post shared by '''''''''' '''''' (@mansurbear) on Dec 15, 2016 at 1:40pm PSTon Dec 15, 2016 at 1:40pm PST Now Mansur has grown so big that the Oreshkovo pilots have set up a crowdfunder to raise the monthly 30,000 rubles ($456) they need to keep him fit and healthy, they told Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.The crowdfunder, which went live on Saturday, said Mansur's "upkeep requires significant funds.""I cannot be sent to nature to live, therefore I need human conditions for life in an aviary," a statement written in Mansur's voice said on the crowdfunder.The campaign has raised 282,210 rubles ($4,290) as of Wednesday afternoon. People can also bring presents to Mansur in person if they want, the crowdfunder said.Mansur's minders also created a website and Instagram and YouTube accounts documenting the bear's daily activities.Andrei Ivanov, Mansur's main guardian, told Komsomolskaya Pravda that he hopes that his Instagram account ' which has more than 10,000 followers ' will help the crowdfunding campaign.According to a schedule posted on the website, Mansur gets up at 8 a.m. every day, and is fed apples, carrots, and oranges in his pen just before 12 p.m.He then walks around, runs, scratch on trees, and plays the rest of the day, occasionally coming out to join pilots on the airfield.He goes to bed at 11:30 p.m., the schedule says.Footage on Mansur's dedicated Instagram and YouTube accounts document him clambering on a rare Soviet Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft, eating, and wandering around his pen and a forest near the airfield's runway.He's also great friends with a pet husky dog belonging to one of the pilots, the website says.Read more: This is exactly what you should do if a bear attacks youJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Meet the three women who married Donald Trump
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