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ZHYTOMYR: An illegally sold bear cub is about to get a new home at a bear sanctuary. Nastia was illegally sold by the Lutsk Zoo to traders last May. After months of recovery, Nastia and her mother will be moved on Nov. 8.

It’s the culmination of several months of
bittersweet rehabilitation for the four-month-old cub who was ripped
from her mother and sold to bear traders in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

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